There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.

In writing and politicking, it's best not to think about it, just do it.

The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no.'

That famous writer’s block is a myth as far as I’m concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing. They don’t want to do it. They have become writers out of reasons of ambition. It must be a great strain to them to make marks on a page when they really have nothing much to say, and don’t enjoy doing it. I’m not so sure what I have to say but I certainly enjoy making sentences.

anyone who sings about love and harmony and life [john lennon] is dangerous to someone who sings about death and killing and subduing [Nixon]

To a born-again atheist like myself, it is clear that each of us has multiple selves, talents, perceptions. But to the Roman Catholic, unity is all.

You hear all this whining going on, "Where are our great writers?" The thing I might feel doleful about is: Where are the readers?