An evil for these times destined to move through the world in handsome human guise.

Without memory there can be no insight. Without love, there can be no appreciation.

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no doubt about that.

I picture heaven as a vast library, with unlimited volumes to read. And paintings and statues to examine galore. I picture it as a great doorway to learning...rather than one great dull answer to all our questions

It seems an insult to the night to speak of purpose and intent, when this common moment is so brimming full of blessed design tranquility. All things follow their course.

Protect your voice and your vision. If going on the Internet and reading Internet reviews is bad for you, don’t do it. … Do what gets you to write and not what blocks you. … Don’t take any guff off anybody.

The highest truths a person could discover were rooted in the natural world.