Reading a novel, War and Peace for example, is no Catnap. Because a novel is so long, reading one is like being married forever to somebody nobody knows or cares about.

Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia.

You're like a tornado of bullshit right now. We'll talk again when your bullshit dies out over someone else's house.

Find what you love, now give all your heart to get it.

Books. The reading, writing and cultivation of books is my form of meditation. The books in my life have brought me closest to divinity.

Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness of the Now. You can't argue with what is. Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.

The chemistry of making the songs is often about being inspired by each other and responding intuitively.

I never knew I lacked so much confidence until I met you

A woman today is good, or she is bad, according to the way she does a thing - and not because of the thing itself.

What I want to know is this: Are the stars gold paper or is the gold paper stars?

Unless a love of virtue light the flame, Satire is, more than those he brands, to blame; He hides behind a magisterial air He own offences, and strips others' bare.

Examine every word you put on paper. You'll find a surprising number that don't serve any purpose.