Without writers fooling themselves about what their books might accomplish there would be no books at all.

The most radical, audacious thing to think is that there might be some point to working hard and thinking hard and reading hard and writing hard and trying to be of service

We're here to get each other through this thing, whatever it is.

Knowing that you're crazy doesn't make the crazy things stop happening.

It's regrets that make painful memories. When I was crazy I did everything just right.

Who but a brazen crazy person would go one-on-one with blank paper or canvas armed with nothing but ideas?

Having their feelings make sense is how people get their kicks.

With mental illness the trick is to not take your feelings so seriously; you’re zooming in and zooming away from things that go from being too important to being not important at all.

Reading and writing are in themselves subversive acts. What they subvert is the notion that things have to be the way they are, that you are alone, that no one has ever felt the way you have.

Colds, ulcers, flu, and cancer are things we get. Schizophrenia is something we are.

Put on all the armor of the Lord. Not just the pretty stuff.

I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.

He who loves his job, will own it.

Scientists animated by the purpose of proving that they are purposeless constitute an interesting subject for study.

I went on a long trip through South America with Prince Charles where I was the only journalist there - a couple of photographers but no other writers.

I've always chosen the roles that aren't the direct lead because I like being a very poignant character in the story, rather than being seen in every single seen.

I love hiking in the mountains in Aspen. Breathing the clean, fresh air is great. Plus, it gives me a cardiovascular workout and firms my legs.

I am encouraged to see women are being elected in Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Ireland. More is more.

No great question will ever be settled in dollars and cents. Great questions must be settled on moral grounds and the tests of what makes free men.

And then there was him, the long and painful love of her life.

An Airedale can do anything any other dog can do and then whip the other dog if he has to.