The void is a mouth crying to be filled, a blank mind aching for thought, a cavity desperate for shape. What is not implies what is.

A barbarian is not aware that he is a barbarian.

A man is like a rope: both break at a definite strain....The solution is not splicing the rope; it's lessening the tension.

The less a writer discusses his work and himself the better. The master chef slaughters no chickens in the dining room; the doctor writes prescriptions in Latin; the magician hides his hinges, mirrors, and trapdoors with the utmost care.

But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.

I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.

Count me not your friend but the enemy of your enemies.