[H]e found poetry more comforting than Scripture—and his ability to forge from his life a cogent, powerful tale of living with death.

Human knowledge is never contained in just one person.

What makes human life meaningful? I still felt literature provided the best account of the life of the mind, while neuroscience laid down the most elegant rules of the brain.

Even if you are perfect the World isn't.

Literature not only illuminated another's experience, it provided, I believed, the richest material for moral reflection

Putting lifestyle first is how you find a job- not a calling.

A word meant something only between people, and life’s meaning, its virtue, had something to do with the depth of the relationships we form.

People often ask if it was calling. My answer always is yes.

Putting lifestyle first is how you find a job-- not a calling.

I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!

When she kissed him this time it was hungry, intoxicating. He let one hand track down her body, feeling her close. "I want you, Yasmin, " he said, his breath ragged. "Badly.

Keep strong if possible in any case keep cool.

No, General. I'm not your subordinate. And what I'm coming dangerously close to is violence. -General Wedge Antilles

True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.

He thanked her and left the house in the mood of a shipwrecked man who has allowed the rescue ship to pass him by.

People don't want the raw data, but instead want marketers to decipher the tech speak for them and present the valuable insights.

It's amazing how quickly human beings adapt, isn't it? It was such a great crew, and David [Lynch] was wonderful to work with [on 'The Elephant Man']. It was a very thrilling time, actually.

What really made me a performance artist was that I was able to step back and assess. I've always had [that ability], but it was coming to an understanding.

I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.