A fan is like the thighs of a woman: It opens and closes. A good fan opens with a flick of the wrist. It produces its own weather---a breeze not so strong as to muss the hair.

What are books but tangible dreams? What is reading if it is not dreaming? The best books cause us to dream the rest are not worth reading.

No new sect ever had humor; no disciples either, even the disciples of Christ.

Any smoothly functioning technology will have the appearance of magic.

The fact of being reported increases the apparent extent of a deplorable development by a factor of ten.

Bush explained his strategy for transfer of power. It's a two part plan. Part one: clean out his desk. Part two: rent a U-Haul.

The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.

We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco.

Can you love or guide someone without any kind of expectation?

I like quips. I like whiffs of cynicism and I think they can be witty. But I don't really know where wittiness is constructive.

I was the darkest skinned person in my family. I remember how I used to feel - like I wasn't pretty enough, or I wasn't good enough.

There is a road, no simple highway, between the dawn and the dark of night, and if you go, no one may follow, that path is for your steps alone.