And so I learned about grief, and about the absence and emptiness that for a long time make grief unforgettable.

Books were a dependable pleasure. I read more then than I ever was able to read again until now when I am too old to work much and am mostly alone.

Grandmam came back from that distance in time that separates grandmothers from their grandchildren and made herself a mother to me.

I realized that the story of even so small a place can never be completely told and can never be finished. It is eternal, always here and now, and going on forever.

You think winter will never end, and then, when you don't expect it, when you have almost forgotten it, warmth comes and a different light.

Time doesn't stop. Your life doesn't stop and wait until you get ready to start living it.

Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.

I have faith in young people because I know the strongest emotions which prevail are those of love and caring and belief and tolerance.

Music allows the great opportunity to play with people you love.

I have made it a rule for a long time, not to part with the copyright of my drawings, for I have been so copied, my drawings reproduced and sold for advertisements and done in ways I hate.

Are you making fun of my hero complex?' Yeah.

Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others.

only that which is deeply felt can change us. Rational arguments alone cannot penetrate the layers of fear and conditioning that comprise our crippling belief system.

Duchamp's urinal was art once he put it in a gallery. In fact, one working definition of art is anything that is in a gallery.

Philosophy means nothing unless it is connected to birth, death, and the continuance of life. Anytime you are going to build a society that works, you have to begin from nature and the body.

When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will