The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science fact.

Cell phones, alas, have pretty much ruined train travel, which I used to love. I could read or even sketch notes for what I was working on.

I have a picture of the Pont Neuf on a wall in my apartment, but i know that Paris is really on the closet shelf, in the box next to the sleeping bag, with the rest of my diaries.

Letters had always defeated distance, but with the coming of e-mail, time seemed to be vanquished as well.

Ive always got a novel under way, but if I try to work on it every day, exclusively, I falter. So I always keep more than one thing going.

I actually think that Bandbox, by far the silliest of my books, is the best constructed of them.

To some extent the history of plagiarism is a history of notebooks.

The late Tom Wicker's biography of Nixon, called 'One of Us, ' is really quite good: you see the biographer discovering dimensions of sympathy for his subject that he hadn't expected to feel.

Your daughter's coming of age, you ought to let her see the world a little.

The longer you stay in one place, the greater your chance of disillusionment.

Those who would like the God of scripture to be more purely ethical, do not know what they ask.

Hillary Clinton is running for president. This time around, she promises to be warm and approachable. Like me.

As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of life become unexpected gifts that we accept with gratitude.

The problem with being a Tour de France winner is you always have that feeling of disappointment if you don't win again. That's the curse of the Tour de France.

When you're visiting an antiques fair, turn left once you've passed through the entrance. Everyone else will turn right, which means you can get to the bargains before them.

A single vision is more perfect than a committee vision because with everyone having their say, it becomes compromised.

This city, all they want us to be is ourselves. You love us how we are. We’re all a work in progress as men and you still love us and I thank you so much for embracing us.

The feeling of relinquishing responsibility to someone else, letting him take control, was a relief beyond words.