As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I became fascinated by the presidency of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton University.

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

I never change, I simply become more myself.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

Without strength, can we work to create wealth?

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.

Fitness begins with initiative and continues with consistency. The six pack abs is a byproduct of being healthy.

A moment after the fairy's entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in.

The more connected you are to the work, the better it is.

Am I not a fearsome enemy?" "You frighten me primally.

The power of miracle is the power of imagination.

I think "creative preaching" is redundant.

I happen to live in reality. The name of my city is Literalville. And it makes a lot of people uncomfortable.