The stars will wheel forth from their daytime hiding places; and one of those lights, slightly brighter than the rest, will be my wingtip passing over.

There's nothing cheap about loyalty.

Anybody who ever built an empire, or changed the world, sat where you are now. And it's *because* they sat there that they were able to do it.

Make no mistake. Moving is living.

And this ain't no place for the weary kind This ain't no place to lose your mind This ain't no place to fall behind Pick up your crazy heart and give it one more try

All the things that most people hate about traveling -- the recycled air, the artificial lighting, the digital juice dispensers, the cheap sushi -- are warm reminders that I'm home.

I'd like to thank my wife, Anna. I love you more than rainbows, baby

Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.

Surprises are one of the secrets of a good relationship. Find someone who, out of the blue, will grab you, and a blanket, take you to a secluded spot and canoodle as the sun rises...

Inspiration does not come like a blot nor is it kinetic energy striving but it comes to us slowly and quietly all the time.

I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.

I am unwilling to be wholly good—and please don't regard me as wholly evil!

I think when you write, you should call it a "writing spree." I don't write every day, and I don't write regularly.

For the most part, I try to be healthy and eat good things, but if you give me a baguette and some Camembert, I'm gonna eat it.

I am there where it is spoken that the universe is a defect in the purity of non-being.

To give and not expect return, that is what lies at the heart of love.

Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that..."