If i can't have what i want . . . then my job is to want what i've got and be satisfied that at least there is something more to want

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

I always loved English because whatever human beings are, we are storytellers. It is our stories that give a light to the future. When I went to college I became a history major because history is such a wonderful story of who we think we are. English is much more a story of who we really are.

The nature of tragedy and accident is that we cannot predict.

I would put books on par with chocolate, because a good book is delicious.

Everyone understands that love comes in many different packages and is used in many different ways. You cannot love beyond your years, nor can you fail to love beneath them... In other words, I think you get the love you need when you open your heart.

and sometimes I sit down at my typewriter and I think not of someone cause there isn't anyone to think about and i wonder is it worth it