If I had to be anything," he told her, "I'd probably be a socialist, but I don't want to be anything.

Life is serious but art is fun!

In this world,” Franny once observed, “just as you’re trying to think of yourself as memorable, there is always someone who forgets that that they have met you.

I think now that is the nature of hymns-they make us want to repeat them...they are a part of any service, and often the only part of a funeral service, that makes us feel everything is acceptable.

You cannot drive with your eyes in the rear-view mirror… But dignity is difficult to maintain. Stamina requires constant upkeep. Repetition is boring. And you pay for grace.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

My brain is sending poison to my heart.