We are not forced into unpleasant activities. We either allow them to come about or we encourage them to come about.

What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America.

Sometimes the most intelligent thing is not to do anything, certainly nothing loaded with the imbecility of emotionality.

If you’re alive, you can’t be bored in San Francisco. If you’re not alive, San Francisco will bring you to life.

To Armenians, half Armenians, quarter Armenians, and one-eight Armenians. Sixteen and thirty-second Armenians, and other winners, are likelier to be happy with a useful book

Everything alive is part of each of us, and many things which do not move as we move are part of us. The sun is part of us, the earth, the sky, the stars, the rivers, and the oceans. All things are part of us, and we have come here to enjoy them and to thank God for them.

It is impossible not to notice that our world is tormented by failure, hate, guilt, and fear.