When there is no peril in the fight, there is no glory in the triumph.

No man kills himself unless there is something wrong with his life.

From that altitude, the world looked calm and vivid and possible. But by the time we landed at Prestwick the clouds were down like the black cap on a hanging judge.

The pity is not that there is a myth of Sylvia Plath but that the myth is not simply that of an enormously gifted poet whose death came carelessly, by mistake, and too soon.

There's no such thing as complete when it comes to stories. Stories are infinite. They are as infinite as worlds.

When you build a city near no mountains and no ocean, you get materialism and traditional religion. People have too much time and lack inspiration.

You are familiar with World War 2?""Of course I am. I'm dead, not stupid.

I think... the most brilliant thing about being a writer is that if you don't like the way the world is, you can create your own.

In a world of peace and love, music would be the universal language.

No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.

We must focus on people as people, regardless of race, creed, color or gender.

I think the rich will eventually have to cave in too, because the economic situation around the world is not gonna tolerate the United States being on top forever.

Real dudes move in silence...like a mute drivin a new hybrid.

The sins of the Midwest: flatness, emptiness, a necessary acceptance of the familiar. Where is the romance in being buried alive? In growing old?