Occupation: Author Birth: June 4, 1937
If only the scientific experts could come up with something to get it out of our minds. One cup of fixit fizzle that will lift the dirt from our live….
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope alw….
You will continue to read stories of crookedness and corruption - of policemen who lie and steal, doctors who reap where they do not sew, politicians….
When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive, he was impressed at my "natural" talent for driving, not knowing that I had already been s….
We even make ourselves up, fusing what we are with what we wish into what we must become. I'm not sure why it must be so, but it is..
I talk about very serious human affairs but with a lightness of heart..
So you drive as far as you can, even when you can clearly read the sign. You want to think you are exempt, that it doesn’t apply to you. But it does.….
I do not want to know what you will hope for. I want to know what you will work for. I do not want your sympathy for the needs of humanity. I want yo….
Children are sent to school to be civilized, to learn to be part of the social enterprise..
If you do not join the dancing you will feel foolish. So why not dance? And i will tell you a secret: If you do not join the dance, we will know you ….
I believe in dancing..
Clean up your own mess..
I love this child. Red-haired - patient and gentle like her mother - fey and funny like her father. When she giggles I can hear him when he and I wer….
But love may have to be left off the exam. Most of us will never learn..
Love the battle between chaos and imagination. Remember: Acting is living truthfully in imaginary circumstances. Remember: Acting is the way to liv….
If you tell people you talk to God, they'll think you're religious, but if you say God talks to you, it's ten to one they'll think you're crazy..
It's just this: that there are places we all come from-deep-rooty-common places- that makes us who we are. And we disdain them or treat them lightly ….
Remember, most of us got something for nothing the first time just by showing up here at birth. Now we have to qualify..
Hide-and-seek, grown-up style. Wanting to hide. Needing to be sought. Confused about being found..
Speed and efficiency do not always increase the quality of life..
If you want an interesting party sometime, combine cocktails and a fresh box of crayons for everyone..