Even if I could not earn a penny from my writing, I would earn my livelihood at something else and continue to write at night.

To be ones self and unafraid whether right or wrong is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.

To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.

A man's rootage is more important than his leafage.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

For me, literature is a way of enlarging myself by learning about people who are not like me.

My challenge as university minister is about getting right balance of teaching and research.

Everyone crashes Some get back on Some don't Some can't.

Calvin [Trillin] has never done anything majorly objectionable.

You have to be a poet to know how to write a song with lyrics.

Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara

You write to become immortal, or because the piano happens to be open, or you've looked into a pair of beautiful eyes.

In the great non zero sum games of history, if you're part of the problem, then you'll likely be a victim of the solution.