Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart.

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer art is everything else.

The purpose of the church is outreach

Trees're always a relief, after people.

Imagination is the parallel universe of a writer. If he is not responding to you in this world, he is probably responding to someone in the imaginary world.

There are two worlds: the world we can measure with line and rule, and the world that we feel with our hearts and imagination.

We're very good in America at talking about stuff, often stuff to buy. We tend to talk about our iPods. We tend to talk about cars or new fads.

It is not more vacation we need — it is more vocation.

Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'?

I'd vowed years ago to go to the grave the same way I'd been born, just a lot more wrinkly.

I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable.