compromise is the work of mature people.

Seriousness is the refuge of the shallow. There are events and personal experiences that call forth seriousness but they are fewer than most of us think.

I have always been suspicious of romantic love. It looks too much like a narcissism shared by two.

I had to learn the image is not the word, which is a jolt for a literary soul. But it has served me well in terms of understanding plot, in terms of watching actors develop characters.

Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian languages - the language is dead. Language takes two and their multiples.

I think gay people are like blondes: There're fewer of them but they have more fun.

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.