Sometimes we have to think of the worst so we can figure out how to pick up the pieces and move on. Don't let life slap you with a cold shock

One cannot simply decide to write apolitical poetry, in the way one decides to drink lemonade instead of tea, it's far more subliminal than that.

Fanaticism is the danger of the world, and always has been, and has done untold harm. I might almost say that I was fanatical against fanaticism.

In our lives and in our careers, whether we are aware of it or not, we are constantly navigating a path by deciding between our deliberate strategies and the unanticipated alternatives that emerge.

When you really respect somebody who does something different from you, your respect is for the quality of the job.

Harbor no secrets - they create dark places in the psyche.

The violence we do to ourselves in order to remain faithful to the one we love is hardly better than an act of infidelity.

I'm so fast I could hit you before God gets the news.

Nothing I did where the only reason for doing it was the money was ever worth it, except as bitter experience.

Information and knowledge: two currencies that have never gone out of style.

It's important to have a plan, a big picture. You can deviate from it or change it completely, but it gives you something to work for.