I started with poetry because it was direct, immediate, and short. It was the ecstasy of striking matches in the dark.

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates (470-399 B.C.) "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't

As long as I'm facing the right direction, it doesn't matter the size of my steps.

I know some good marriages-marriages where both people are just trying to get through their days by helping each other, being good to each other.

At fifty the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore.

Never joke with the press. Irony does not translate into newsprint.

perfectionism is the enemy of art. Since art is essentially divine play, not dogged work, it often happens that as one becomes more professionally driven one also becomes less capriciously playful.