Having been adopted, I really have a strong sense- a necessity almost- for stability, a foundation where my family is concerned. [Success] would be meaningless without anyone to share it with.
Time passed slowly, like and old man climbing a hill.
I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them.
Life is full of doors that don't open when you knock, equally spaced amid those that open when you don't want them to.
The function of criticism should not be confused with the function of reform.
The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.
I don't know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather like wanting to be an engineer, rather than wanting to design something--or wanting to be a writer, rather than wanting to write. It should be a by-product, not a thing in itself. Otherwise, it's just an ego trip.
Humility accepts the very nature of a human being is complete, unadulterated, ecstatic joy.
I admired Hitler, for instance, because he came from being a little man with almost no formal education, up to power. I admire him for being such a good public speaker and for what he did with it.
Your center of mass is a place you cannot visit but you always carry with you. Like memories, it is part of life's baggage.
Obviously, there's all sorts of life happening all around us, but on a human level, I'm just interested in people making informed decisions. You know, increasing their awareness. And also, trying to encourage people to be more fascinated with information and science and knowledge of all sorts, instead of, you know, it's a generalization, but the encouragement by society, the reflections that society gives us, which is media, television, art - anything, really.