The body can't distinguish between cleansing and punishing for the body is ignorant, and mute besides.

If Shakespeare's great plays are variants of stories, even novels, you can see how each character is telling his story from his perspective; each is vying with the others for dominance, but in the end, in tragedy, most of these voices will die, to be replaced by the yet more vigorous voice of a younger generation.

Writers and artists never pay attention to advice given by their elders, quite rightly. The only worthwhile advice is the most general: Keep trying, don't give up, don't be discouraged, don't pay attention to detractors. Everyone knows this.

Princeton is quite integrated. Women are professors at Princeton. Women are students at Princeton. That began in the 1970s.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

You cultivate the subconscious by meditation, by sitting in silence and by not trying to control your thoughts. Then go someplace where you haven't been before, or go for a walk, a run, and look for signs of grace-an epiphany, something that comes to you.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.