Letter writing is an excellent way of slowing down this lunatic helterskelter universe long enough to gather one’s thoughts

I like it that my career has all the predictability and continuity of a children's nonsense rhyme.

Letter writing is an excellent way of slowing down this lunatic helterskelter universe long enough to gather one’s thoughts

An idea or an insight doesn't come from a single happening, it requires a meeting to alter a perspective. Often it takes a while for the events to collide, but when they do it is inevitable that a change will follow.

It's the nasty and the accident that form the foundation for elegance that comes later.

For me, synchronicity is a way of confirming the rightness of action. It is only in its absence that I realize I'm out of kilter with, for want of a better term, the collective unconscious.

The telephone is a great knee-jerk machine, but if you really want to tell someone how you feel, you need the slowness of the letter. In a society where everything is fast, it's like going out in the country and looking up at the stars.