Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it.

Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent.

Oh Christ, he groaned to himself, if this is the stuff adults have to think about I never want to grow up

You cannot friend a hawk, they said, unless you are a hawk yourself, alone and only a sojourner in the land, without friends or the need of them.

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.

You cant be too careful on a skateboard.

The only [working] ritual is making tea. I use the loose leaves and drink it by the gallon.