People who are in power make their arrangements in secret, largely as a way of maintaining and furthering that power.

I like the construction of sentences and the juxtaposition of words-not just how they sound or what they mean, but even what they look like.

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism.

We seem to believe it is possible to ward off death by following rules of good grooming.

As technology advances in complexity and scope, fear becomes more primitive.

No sense of the irony of human experience, that we are the highest form of life on earth, and yet ineffably sad because we know what no other animal knows, that we must die.

I've come to think of Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.

I don’t want your candor. I want your soul in a silver thimble.

What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation.

California deserves whatever it gets. Californians invented the concept of life-style. This alone warrants their doom.

A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it.

Friendship is a magnificent art of life that is drawn by two hearts and two minds.

When we are really honest with ourselves we must admit our lives are all that really belong to us. So it is how we use our lives that determines the kind of men we are.

Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade.

TALK, v.t. To commit an indiscretion without temptation, from an impulse without purpose.

Making ourselves the solution, rather than part of the problem is our greatest challenge.

Only through kindness and love can peace of mind be achieved.

I've gone out with my shotgun. This is hunting country out there. You better run.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

Everyone is responsible and no one is to blame.