When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.

I love a Hebrew National hot dog with an ice-cold Corona - no lime. If the phone rings, I won't answer until I'm done.

Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily.

I suggest that the great art belongs to all people, all the time--that indeed it is made for the people, by the people, to the people.

Every Day you should reach out and touch someone

If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased.

I know why the caged bird sings.