Even intellectuals should have learned by now that objective rationality is not the default position of the human mind, much less the bedrock of human affairs.

I like weeding, but I tend to think of it as a solitary activity.

Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

I think writer's block is simply the dread that you are going to write something horrible. But as a writer, I believe that if you sit down at the keys long enough, sooner or later something will come out.

Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.

If a cat spoke, it would say things like, 'Hey, I don't see the problem here.'

Usage ain't always a matter of ought.