Death, it seems," Garp wrote, "does not like to wait until we are prepared for it. Death is indulgent and enjoys, when it can, a flair for the dramatic.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.

At the end of the day, if pride is your greatest strength, turn it into vanity.

I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.

The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story.

The Internet is allowing us to get back to what's really more natural, which is that storytelling is a shared thing. It's our natural way to be communal.

They (voters) want to know what's the truth. They're not interested in a chameleon.

When it comes to size, most people don't want to see themselves looking bigger than what they are.

Happy birthday,” she said. “And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake.

People hold on to what they like. They discard what they don't...

I cast my heart into my rhymes, That you, in the dim coming times, May know how my heart went with them After the red-rose-bordered hem.