I have a kind of respect - a worshipful attitude, even - for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons.

I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.

You don't have to become something that you aren't to become better than you are.

If I'm remembered for having done a few good things and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that's plenty.

We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.

As I've mentioned, a large part of my father's legacy is the lesson he taught his sons. He brought us together and said, 'The measure of a man is how well he provides for his children.

I don't very often read novels.