I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking what I'm looking at what I see and what it means what I want and what I fear.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

It seems to Henry, as he takes his seat in his usual middle pew, that women are far braver than men

A symphony is a stage play with the parts written for instruments instead of for actors.

Twitter is more a cultural than a technological change.

People learn to shop for churches; there is no loyalty to the church. They're consumers being attracted to one product or another. I think it's sacrilege, to tell you the truth, it really is.

She was no closer to determining who might want her dead. There were just too many possibilities.

I covered the first Gulf War in Saudi Arabia and Israel for ABC News.

Failure would only be if you had somewhere stopped growing. As far as I can see the whole duty of the artist is to keep on growing.

Myths are fun, as long as you don't confuse them with the truth.

One of the secrets to success is recognizing that motivation follows action.

Our society, including the liberals, must understand that there must be order.