Man created the checkerboard; God created the karass.

I didn't know then what a sperm was, and so wouldn't understand his answer for several years. "My boy," he said, "you are descended from a long line of determined, resourceful, microscopic tadpoles-- champions every one.

And we all vied, in saving face, to be the greatest student of human nature, the person with the quickest sense of humor.

The practice of art isn't to make a living. It's to make your soul grow.

He did not think of himself as a writer for the simple reason that the world had never allowed him to think of himself in this way.

It is a very mixed blessing to be brought back from the dead.

The worst thing that could possibly happen to anybody would be to not be used for anything by anybody. Thank you for using me, even though I didn't want to be used by anybody.