The task of saving the earth's environment must and will become the central organizing principle of the post-Cold War world.
I was within and without. Simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.
And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.
Egyptian Proverb: The worst things: To be in bed and sleep not, To want for one who comes not, To try to please and please not.
I used to build dreams about you.
There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.
Experience is the name so many people give to their mistakes.
Self-acceptance begins in infancy, with the influence of your parents and siblings and other important people.
You have to remember that no matter how big your goals or how many you have, there are going to be times when you miss by a little bit. You have to be realistic and flexible. One reason I have so many smaller goals is that even if my big goals don't happen, I've still achieved so much along the way, I don't feel the loss.
I've never been in charge of my stories, they've always been in charge of me. As each new one has called to me, ordering me to give it voice and form and life, I've followed the advice I've shared with other writers over the years: jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.
The Lawyers' trade is a trade built entirely on words. And so long as the lawyers carefully keep to themselves the key to what those words mean, the only way the average man can find out what is going on is to become a lawyer, or at least to study law, himself. All of which makes it very nice -- and very secure -- for the lawyers.