I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.

Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too.

I have learned a lot about good and evil - they are not always what they appear to be.

Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remember too well.

I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them.

I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.

I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things didn't work out that way.

Education in the West, particularly higher education in America, has lost the ability to see the universe from very far away.

My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000.

Progress is measured by richness and intensity of experience - by a wider and deeper apprehension of the significance and scope of human existence.

Write for the love of writing and you can't go wrong.

I think you always need to try your best, but at the same time you can only do what you can do. Don't beat yourself up about it.

Next time I will ..." "From now on I will ..." - What makes me think I am wiser today than I will be tomorrow?

We must give the American worker the first option of ownership.

On New York's Palm restaurant: Their steaks are often good, but the lobsters-with claws the size of Arnold Schwarzenegger's forearms-are as glazed and tough as most of the customers.

If only he can get over becoming a NERD.

The novel's not organized like a screenplay. If you shot the novel, you'd have a twelve-hour movie.

I love to find new people. It's not for the sake of their being new; it's because if you find someone who perfectly fits a part, that's such a great thing.

If you want God's grace, all you need is need, all you need is nothing.