A dry period for me means perhaps going two or three nights without writing. I probably have dry periods but I'm not aware of them and I go on writing, only the writing probably isn't much good.

Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting.

A spark can set a whole forest on fire. Just a spark. Save it.

"Baby," I said. "I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me."

We must.. We must bring our own light to the darkness

when the phone rings I too would like to hear words that might ease some of this.