There is nothing more regenerating than music.

( ...philosophy is more often the systematization of the prejudices of philosophers than the systematization of nature.) Distrust all generalizations: stick to the concrete.

What do you want?""Just coffee. Black - like my soul.

I don't care what you say about me if I don't find you physically attractive.

When seconds count, the cops are just minutes away.

Obama a ‘light-skinned’ African-American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.

Living in England was wonderfully civil and easy-going.

People go around mourning the death of God; it's the death of sssin that bothers me. Without ssin, people aren't people any more, they're just ssoul-less sheep.

I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want to publish my book.

To love and to be loved, one must do good to others. The inevitable condition whereby to become blessed, is to bless others.

I brought a mirror to Lovers' Lane. I told everybody I'm Narcissus.

I came to a dead stop and began major revisions. Sometimes these entailed the shredding of all existing manuscript for a fresh start - an inefficient way to write a book, though I found it exciting.