'When two people meet who are obviously attracted to each other, like we are, it always starts out as a game. I make a move, you make a move, and if the moves are correct, we both win.'

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

You can speak truth to power, . . . but when you speak truth to weakness, weakness gets mad and queasy. It accuses you of its own insecurity.""The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel

Life comes from the earth and life returns to the earth.

The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.

It's a purpose that brings us all together, working for something larger than ourselves.

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

When time and need require, we should resist with all our might, and prefer death to slavery and disgrace.

That's part of being an artist; you have to be that sensitive.

We should not use crippled children to sell hamburgers. Ever.

Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language.