We need not be theologians to see that we have shifted responsibility for making the world interesting from God to the newspaperman.

The courage to imagine the otherwise is our greatest resource, adding color and suspense to all our life.

A wonderful thing about a book, in contrast to a computer screen, is that you can take it to bed with you.

The traveler used to go about the world to encounter the natives. A function of travel agencies now is to prevent this encounter.

God is the celebrity author of the world's best seller. We have made god into the biggest celebrity of all, to contain our own emptiness.

[The Library of Congress] is a multimedia encyclopedia. These are the tentacles of a nation.

Standing, standing, standing - why do I have to stand all the time? That is the main characteristic of social Washington.