The ambition of much of today's literary theory seems to be to find ways to read literature without imagination.

One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other.

In their effort to divorce language and experience, deconstructionist critics remind me of middle-class parents who do not allow their children to play in the street.

A true confession: I believe in a soluble fish.

If you endure every struggle, you will find your potential strength.

How perfectly evil spirit and beauty can combine in one person, harmonically supplementing each other.

There are no honest poems about dead women.

Byron is one tough guy and he can play through just about anything. I know he will be ready to go on Sunday.

Suddenly it was cool to have your hair lank . . . It was a whole different way of looking at things, and it shook up the whole industry.

Charm is the next best asset after looks and brains - and can almost make up for looks.

Where do you draw the line between peace and justice? If you ask the victims, they want more justice; if you ask the potential victims, they want more peace.

...The only slogan we need in order to be happy in our home is: Love Each Other -three simple words. Apply the ingredients of love. Sacrifice for each other. Make each other happy.

Let a good person do good deeds with the same zeal that an evil person does bad ones.

Everything you see in North Korea, it's all propaganda, but it's all connected to the volcano.