Love is love. It doesn't matter how or who you love. I don't believe the messiah would condemn gay men and women.
A writer—and, I believe, generally all persons—must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource.
So plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
Don't talk unless you can improve the silence.
Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.
Doubt is one of the names of intelligence.
I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.
I take praise as not just a reward and a result but also as the beginning of a new process.
True biblical love is a selfless commitment of one’s body, soul, and spirit to the betterment of the other person.
Some years ago I said in an opinion that if this country is a melting pot, then either the Afro-Americans didn't get in the pot or he didn't get melted down.
I love what I do, but I never want to OD on celebrity.