It's necessary to start most work alone. But I'm tickled to death when I can pull somebody in or join someone, whether it's borrowing poetry or traveling with an associate.

It is in your self-interest to find a way to be very tender.

A sense of timing is the mark of a genius.

If you have many desires your life will be interesting.

Being alone with yourself is increasingly unpopular.

Alienation produces eccentrics or revolutionaries.

Exceptional people deserve special concessions.