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

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.

she hurriedly wipes her eyes so that he can see the girl he wishes.

I was frightened to go forward, but I was even more frightened of going back.

You cannot separate art from life or spirituality. They are bound together in a single unit.

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

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