Some men are heroes by nature in that they will give all that is in them without regard to the effort or to the personal returns.

She stood in front of the mirror a long time, and finally decided she either looked like a sap or else she looked very beautiful. One or the other.

The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. He must imagine, and imagination takes humility, love and great courage. How can you create a character without live and the struggle that goes with love?

justice itself is a chimera, a delusion. Justice is not a flat yardstick, applied in equal measure to an equal situation.

What are the sources of an illumination? To me, they come after hours of searching and keeping my soul ready. Yet they come in a flash, as a religious phenomenon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter had such an illumination, beginning my long search for the truth of the story and flashing light into the long two years ahead.

Jesus would be framed and in jail if he was living today.

Once you have lived with another, it is a great torture to have to live alone.