Happiness is a garden walled with glass: there's no way in or out.

I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program.

I am too old to have ever been very worried about what "genre" any given book of mine might be. I read everything. I am easily amused.

We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're dealing with here.

You shouldn't do that," said Laura. "You could set yourself on fire.

I want, I don’t want. How can one live with such a heart?

It's in Macbeth: "The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon." I seldom have occasion to pull it out, but it's ready and waiting!