To die is nothing. One is here, one is no longer here. It is only at the end one must be able to say 'I was a man'.

The dancer becomes the dance. And I am the writing.

Actors, politicians, and writers-all of us are but creatures of the hour. Long-lasting fame comes to but few.

A man can lose sight of everything else when he's bent on revenge, and it ain't worth it.

Knowledge is awareness, and to it are many paths, not all of them paved with logic. But sometimes one is guided through the maze by intuition. One is led by something felt on the wind, something seen in the stars, something that calls from the wasteland to the spirit.

I have read my books by many lights, hoarding their beauty, their wit or wisdom against the dark days when I would have no book, nor a place to read. I have known hunger of the belly kind many times over, but I have known a worse hunger: the need to know and to learn.

Enemies can be an incentive to survive and become someone in spite of them. Enemies can keep you alert and aware.