I've learned... . That being kind is more important than being right.

There are plenty of bad editors who try to impose their own vision on a book. (…)A good novel editor is invisible.

How we respond to tragedy is the hallmark of character. Suffering a great loss places us at a spiritual milepost. The wind of our souls can either sour and wither or rejoice and thrive.

We create eternity out of crumbs of time.

A gossip is one who talks to you about others a bore is one who talks to you about himself and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.

Between me and my roommate, we've hit 400 Major League home runs.

Al Gore has endorsed Howard Dean for president. That's pretty fitting, the guy that didn't beat Bush endorsing the guy who won't beat Bush.

Old age is somewhat like dieting. Every day there is less of us to be observed.

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.

Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes.

When we started making electronic music I imagined that the reaction we got from the rock musicians must have been similar to the one the beat groups got from people like my dad.