Will we ever reach a point when it is no longer necessary to say Them and Us? I believe we must reach that point, or perish.

When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.

Holidays are enticing only for the first week or so. After that, it is no longer such a novelty to rise late and have little to do.

If I hadn't had my children, I wouldn't have written more and better, I would have written less and worse.

The dead don't bear a grudge nor seek a blessing. The dead don't rest uneasy. Only the living.

Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.

Pride was my wilderness, and the demon that led me there was fear.

As we grow older we should become not less radical but more so.

Animals are less alone with roaring than we are with all these words.

What goes on inside isn't ever the same as what goes on outside.

I may die young, but at least I'll die smart.... If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart...Best advice I can ever give you.

It's really best not to tell people when you feel bad. Growing up is about keeping secrets, and pretending everything is fine.

To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what ultimate exile?

Love knows how to do without what it naturally wants. Love knows how to say, 'What does it matter.'

Discourse on virtue and they pass by in droves. Whistle and dance the shimmy, and you've got an audience.

We are all accountable for ourselves. Think of yourself as a precious commodity, and then protect your investment each day.

I’m very proud to say that Buddy MacMaster is my uncle. He gives credibility to what I do and I’m glad I can carry that MacMaster name because he has created such a good name.

I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful.

It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Arrival often brings nothing but a sense of desolation and disappointment.

World will prosper in knowledge and intellect, if both men and women are deemed equal.