Without peace, there is no freedom, individual or national. War and hostilities are a form of slavery.

Without peace, there is nothing truly human. Peace is harmony. And harmony is the highest ideal of life.

God is awakening new great souls. You can be one.

Chicago happened slowly, like a migraine. First they were driving through countryside, then, imperceptibly, the occasional town became a low suburban sprawl, and the sprawl became the city.

God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

My biggest win was getting the meal money bumped from $5 to $7.

I'm not quite at the point where I feel the need to wear disguises in public.

We are all the same in that we all want to be different.

No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.

I hate being immobile.

The age which we live in is not suited to idle complacency or to pleasant dreams of past greatness.