Good writing can be defined as having something to say and saying it well. When one has nothing to say, one should remain silent. Silence is always beautiful at such times.

Suicide: Don't knock it if you ain't tried it.

Romanticism was more than merely an alternative to a sterile classicism; romanticism made possible, especially in art, a great expansion of the human consciousness.

The ever-rising cost of living: Someday soon, the corporate technicians will be locking meters on our noses and charging us a royalty on the air we breathe.

There never was a good war or a bad revolution.

Balance, that's the secret. Moderate extremism. The best of both worlds.

Nature, like Maimonides said, is mainly a good place to throw beer cans on Sunday afternoons.