The last good time always comes, and when you see the darkness creeping toward you, you hold on to what was bright and good. You hold on for dear life.

Most people are optimists, although they may claim they are not. People who call themselves realists are often the biggest optimists of all.

Our time here is brief, our risk enormous. Don't waste the one or increase the other, if you please.

I never have a thematic intention at the outset.

Death is a mystery, and burial is a secret.

Clear communication between selves - the surface self and the deep self - is the enemy of self-doubt. It slays confusion.

What I tell kids is don't get mad (about censorship) get even. Run, don't walk, to the first library you can find, and read what they're trying to keep out of your eyes. Read what they're trying to keep out of your brains. Because that's exactly what you need to know.