You see, though we travel together, we travel alone.

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.

You cannot take credit for your talents. It is what you do with them that counts.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

the discoveries don't come when you're looking for them. They come when for some reason you've let go conscious control.

Severe illness isolates those in close contact with it, because it inevitably narrows the focus of concern. To a certain extent this can lead to healing, but not if the circle of concern is so tight that it cannot be broken into, or out of.

It is possible to suffer and despair an entire lifetime and still not give up the art of laughter.