He began to realize what the criminal class knows so well, the impossibility of explaining anything to a man with power.

Childhood was the germ of all mistrust. You were cruelly joked upon and then you cruelly joked. You lost the remembrance of pain through inflicting it.

It is a great danger for everyone when what is shocking changes.

You should dream more, Mr. Wormold. Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

I have a deal with HBO to develop television, and I am also developing a movie called 'The Abstinence Teacher, ' which is based on a book by Tom Perrotta.

It's the stupidest thing of all time, going on tour. It deteriorates the soul, but it's fun.

Sometimes I don't know what to say; the pain never stops. The cloud never goes away, the rain never drops

I don't have to steal bases. I steal bases because I want to.

When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become.

If God gives you a dream, and the dream comes to life and God shows up in it, and then the dream dies, it may be that God wants to see what is more important to you - the dream or him.

To be rich nowadays merely means to possess a large number of poor objects.

All I've undergone I will keep on.

When one is still and listens, one begins to be in touch with a mysterious element that is within each of us, which can transform and shape us and can help to transform the world.