If our love for each other really is participatory, then all other human relationships nourish it; it is inclusive, never exclusive.

I know writers who write only when inspiration comes. How would Isaac Stern play if he played the violin only when he felt like it? He would be lousy.

our country in general assumes that "the pursuit of happiness" really means "the pursuit of pleasure" and that therefore pleasure is the greatest good.

Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth.

Just write a little bit every day. Even if it's for only half an hour — write, write, write.

It does not matter that we cannot fathom this mystery. The only real problem comes when we think that we have.

When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening.