I see no marks of Wordsworths style of writing or style of thinking in my own work, yet Wordsworth is a constant presence when I write about human beings and their relations to the natural world.

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.

The writers who have the deepest influence on one are those one reads in ones more impressionable, early life, and often it is the more youthful works of those writers that leave the deepest imprint.

When all else fails, philosophize.

We must cultivate, all of us, a certain ignorance, a certain blindness, or society will not be tolerable.

I know somewhat too much; and from this knowledge, once one has been infected, there seems to be no recovering.

All creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice.

But he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts to: growing out of yearning, of passion, of all intensities of the soul?

I don't think we are ready to die, any of us, not without being escorted.

A book should be an axe to chop open the frozen sea inside us.

Become major, Paul. Live like a hero. That's what the classics teach us. Be a main character. Otherwise what is life for?

Pray for good.Pray for happy.And always pray for Mom.

She says she glories in being abandoned

All around us, Karachi kept moving

Resolve to do the things you find to be difficult. That's what confident people do. They tackle those things that are scary and they get addicted to doing it.

To be engaged in some small way in the revival of one of the great cities of the world is to live a meaningful existence by default.

It is impossible without humility to enjoy anything - even pride.

I'd like to do plays, maybe a one man show.

Character creates consistency, and if your people know what they can expect from you, they will continue to look to you for leadership.

Reality TV finds talented people. There are no scripts. The editing is what it's all about. Great editing makes those shows.

There is a terrible, mean American resentment toward a writer who tries to do many things.