He stood at the edge of town feeling very small, powerless. Night in the mountains could do that to you, reminding you of your place in the world and laughing at any sense of self-importance.

Life is like a river in which you merge. When you struggle against the current, you suffer. When you flow with the current in a smooth and fluid experience, life becomes effortless and joyful.

I work hard, and I do good, and I’m going to enjoy myself. I’m not going to let you restrict me.

Thing about witches

What we do in the laboratory is we try to design drugs that will not just eradicate cancer cells but will eradicate their homes.

Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave - and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.

You can't write about things without doing them. You just have to live that same way.

Nothing in our culture, not even home computers, is more overrated than the epidermal felicity of two featherless bipeds in desperate congress.

The worst sinner has a future, even as the greatest saint has had a past. No one is so good or bad as he imagines.

It's hard to be a friend to someone who's depressed, but it is one of the kindest, noblest, and best things you will ever do.