A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is in fact the gestation of a soul.

Historians of literature like to regard a century as a series of ten faces, each grimacing in a different way.

Drift beautifully on the surface, and you will die unbeautifully in the depths.

What we perceive as the present is the vivid fringe of memory tinged with anticipation.

The best part about being a writer is getting the last word.

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure. The only thing I'm afraid of now is of being someone I don't like much.

I can't speak for a war that I believe is immoral.

In order to heal oneself, we must learn how to forgive.

We don't do it for the money... we do it for the music.

The ultimate test of a society's freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it's how it treats its dissidents.

That's what I'd call him if he was my dog. Jacket-humper. Kinda had a ring to it. Although it seemed a little long for vet visits and intros to lady dogs.

An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the author writes the book again, then somehow something has gone wrong, if you see what I mean.

It did not matter, after all. He was only one man. One man's fate is not important. "If it is not, what is?" He could not endure those remembered words.