“Words are but the shell; meditation is the kernel.”

One of the rules of caution is not to be too cautious.

Days are scrolls: write on them only what you want remembered.

If we could not forget, we would never be free from grief.

My inspiration and usual subject matter: life.

The first thing that a person finds in life and the last to which he holds out his hand.

The needs of the times will teach you what to do.

In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II

Read for yourselves, read for the sake of your inspiration, for the sweet turmoil in your lovely head.

Inspiration comes from so many things that it’s hard to define what that is or when it happens.

I wanted money without the job.

You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I’m writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just kind of scares me away.