I lack the skill to hold a story line for the length required for a novel or even a short story. I have never had an idea that could withstand a hundred thousand words, or even ten thousand words of rubber meeting the road.

I am very ambitious in a way, in that I'm not trying to be the richest guy or whatever. I just really like my work.

Creativity requires a lot of pass/fail/start again and it is often hard on the psyche.

Being in New York is an almost overwhelming experience. While Washington, D.C., is my favorite American city, I regard New York City as the most amazing city in the world. No other comes close. It is an incredible, inexhaustible engine.

Here in this moment we are beautiful, nocturnal creatures and our thoughts and words are jewels guarded by the moon.

Thank you for touching me. Some of the only moments worth living were spent with you. Not you especially, the collective you.

I think it is incumbent on anyone who can to lift human dignity to the highest possible levels, maintaining one's own and helping to raise that of others.