And a sensible work strategy might be: surrender to the task but not to the taskmaster, become absorbed in the work itself but never absorb the work ethos.

Day offers two equally necessary sacraments - the benediction of morning and the absolution of dusk. In the morning coffee blesses and in the evening wine absolves.

After a lifetime of engaging in long, passionate discussions I have come to the conclusion that it is a waste of time trying to convince anyone of anything.

Snobbery management is as difficult and necessary as anger management.

To learn to die is to learn to live. Death is the giver of life.

Desire for power is a kind of greed indulged by the unfulfilled

Snatch religion back from the clerics and literature from the critics.

No matter how tall and wide darkness is, it cannot block the stars.

Wherever you go, warm that place and people with love and kindness.

I wish that love could be broken down the way it breaks me down.

No matter what has happened, let today be new.

Funny, when i was a little boy I wanted to be good. But I could never seem to manage it somehow. And if you're not good, the good people will throw you to the wolves. So you might as well just be bad

I find the worst audition is the no audition.

He that tells a secret is anothers servant. [He that tells a secret is another's servant.]

When you hold back the successful, you penalize those who need help.

Among idealists and visionaries, there is no shortage of good intent, but there's often a shortage of discipline.

Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.