Artists don't create society, they reflect it

God is within you, open your heart and uncover that godliness.

The power of gradually losing all feeling of strangeness or astonishment, and finally being pleased at anything, is called the historical sense or historical culture.

Years back someone said cod liver oil was the cure-all! Cheerfulness is more palliative and with no unpleasant aftertaste.

In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.

Politeness is sometimes a great tax upon sincerity.

Life is invisible. The illusion is that what we perceive is in some way not a reflection of self. Life reflects the field of attention that we're in.

The good news is that even minimal activity can significantly extend life.

I like to move around in the landscape between poetry and prose, between the lyrical and the narrative.

No one will ever feel sorry for me.

A writer is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things.