The universe is large and we are tiny, without the need for further religious superstructure. One can have so-called spiritual moments without belief in the spirit.

One of the best protections against disappointment is to have a lot going on.

The mind does most of its best thinking when we aren't there. The answers are there in the morning.

Religions are so subtle, so complicated, so intelligent in many ways that they're not fit to be abandoned to the religious alone; they're for all of us.

Love is an incurable disease. In love, there is permanent suffering. Those who love and those who are happy are not the same.

We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.

Writing isn’t a career choice. It’s self-medication that over time precipitates the madness it was meant to ward off.