Earthlings are the great explainers, explaining why this event is structured as it is, telling how other events may be achieved or avoided.

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.

You want to know something? We are still in the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages--they haven't ended yet.

Just because we think we're so wonderful doesn't mean we really are. We could be really terrible animals and just never admit it because it would hurt so much.

The only way to get anything out of a writer's brains is to leave him or her alone until he or she is damn well ready to write it down.

I just don't think people get off on language anymore. Language used to be an elevated art. It used to be for people what music can be. But people don't learn to do that anymore, so eloquence is merely a matter of waste. Who needs a good vocabulary and proper English? Eloquence - it's dead and who needs it?

If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable.