Other than to amuse himself, why should a man pretend to know where he's going or understand what he sees?

Somewhere lives a bad Cajun cook, just as somewhere must live one last ivory-billed woodpecker. For me, I don't expect ever to encounter either one.

Be careful going in search of adventure - it's ridiculously easy to find.

Instead of insight, maybe all a man gets is strength to wander for a while.

Beware thoughts that come in the night.

...who can say where a voyage starts - not the the actual passage but the dream of a journey and its urge to find a way?

A true journey, no matter how long the travel takes, has no end.

Without the errors, wrong turns and blind alleys, without the doubling back and misdirection and fumbling and chance discoveries, there was not one bit of joy in walking the labyrinth.

On the old highway maps of America, the main routes were red and the back roads blue. Now even the colors are changing.

The biggest hindrance to learning is fear of showing one's self a fool.

I can't say, over the miles, that I had learned what I had wanted to know because I hadn't known what I wanted to know. But I did learn what I didn't know I wanted to know.

Life is full of unfairness but you'll have to deal with it, as long as you're able to take a breath.

Fail often and fail cheap.

When women vote, Progressives can win. When women organize and bring some common sense to the conversation, it becomes more authentic.

I don't see myself as a great discoverer of artists, like Charles Saatchi.

When you are writing for an artist you are trying to get into that artist's point of view. What does that artist want to say? What do they care about? And musically, you want to show off that artist.

I wouldn't want to play Miss Hannigan. I'm not a villain. She's mean to little children! I can't do that. That would disrupt my brand.

Once you've had your life burn down, it takes time to be a Phoenix.

I don't believe that being against the war can be equated with being non-supportive of our troops.

I've been making shoes my whole life.

I don't necessarily need Hollywood.