If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a stranger takes up residence inside our skin.

How do you explain to yourself the casual manner in which you threw your life away?

If there is any human tragedy, there is only one, and it occurs when we forget who we are and remain silent while a stranger takes up residence inside our skin.

We gain no wisdom by imposing our way on others.

The story of Ulysses and Agamemnon and Menelaus, of Jesus, of the Good Knight of Chaucer, lives in every one of us.

You have two choices in life. You either die or do something with your time. You're going to be doing something - why not write?

I used to save all my rejection slips because I told myself, one day I'm going to autograph these and auction them. And then I lost the box.