We are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were.

No new reader, however charitable, could open “Fifty Shades of Grey,” browse a few paragraphs, and reasonably conclude that the author was writing in her first language, or even her fourth.

We happen upon ourselves when nothing much happens to us, and we are transformed in the process...

Still, there remains so much to relish and remember.

I do have one very brutal writing ritual. If I'm working in the morning, I don't allow myself a cup of tea until I've written two paragraphs. It's harsh.

Children, viewed from one angle, are philosophy in motion.

[W]e are not merely tempered and schooled by failure but compelled, in however subtle a fashion, to become something other than we were.

God is my everlasting Father.

Act with the heart of the warrior.

You have all you need, to be all that you want.

How easy it was to lose everything you had always thought you'd have forever.

The wisest has nothing, knows nothing, but loves everything.

Yes, I'm a Judeo-Christian. Jesus and Moses are in my heart. And both of them were independents, by the way.

All men love to talk about themselves, even the ones who are completely buggers.

When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work.

Wives rarely fuss about their beauty To guarantee their mate's affection.