Once again I am only who I am.

I wander cowboy sidewalks of wood, wearing a too-small hat, filled with remorse for the many lives I failed to lead.

He sent the trained dog that is his talent off in search of a fat glorious pheasant, and it brought back the lower half of a Barbie doll.

Friendship depends on interlocking time, place, and state of mind.

You think that peace means that no one will fight. True peace is when you create peace within yourself leaving no one to fight.

Life, like classical music, is full of difficult passages that are conquered as much through endurance and determination as through any particular skill.

The practice of medicine is a thinker's art the practice of surgery a plumber's.

I've never seen the Osbournes, I've never seen Paris Hilton. I'd rather read than watch reality TV. I'd rather live life than watch somebody else living it.

A marriage is a solemn affair. The tempest of emotions and the myriad of arrangements are giddying, and when one is faced with these, clothing seems to be the last of one's priorities.

I was writing a chapter of Beautiful Evidence on the subject of the sculptural pedestal, which led to my thinking about what's up on the pedestal - the great leader.

If you're an enthusiast and you love the world like I do, it comes naturally. But I think charity must become more fun to give, more interactive and imaginative.

I'm just going to stay single forever. I could never live with anybody ever again.

I have to watch out for being lazy.