I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.

Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.

Change can only take place, if we desire for change.

I realized that that was how heartbreak occurred. Your heart wants something, but reality resists it. Death is inert and heavy, and it has no relation to your heart's desires.

Silence and Patience stop many wars

Blessed is the man who gets the opportunity to devote his life to something bigger than himself and who finds himself surrounded by friends who share his passion.

I'm not a master of films. I'm rather a slave.

What science cannot discover, mankind cannot know.

I am not sure why, but I have been obsessed by the Atom Bomb ever since it first happened.

If being a decent soul is being maternal, then fine. I'll call it human.

We do not discard something we know to be true because of something we do not yet understand.

If you are what you've always been, you are not a Christian. A Christian is a new creation.