Thus there are two books from whence I collect my Divinity; besides that written one of God, another of his servant Nature, that universal and public….
It cannot be considered success unless you are smiling..
I realised that the question I had asked myself while writing this book [Swimming Home] was (as surgeons say) very close to the bone: 'What do we do ….
You've got to hit 30 before you hit 40..
I've got a folder full of rejection slips that I keep. Know why? Because those same editors are now calling my agent hoping I'll write a book or nove….
I love superconductors..
Hold no more stocks than you can remain informed on..
We Learn about love by loving..
Reading is such a personal thing to me. I'd much rather give someone a gift certificate to a bookstore, and let that person choose his or her own boo….
I certainly wasn't born with creative writing. Maybe there's a certain amount of learning and then it's up to the person. I think in the end it's you….
I am not a Hemingway aficionado..
I never really cared about what I looked like..
Students learn best not by reading the Great Books in a closed room but by opening the doors and windows of experience..
I think I've been mildly obsessed with my hair. I don't think I have a hugely adversarial relationship with it. One my essay is about my decision to ….
Thus we hope to teach mythology not as a study, but as a relaxation from study; to give our work the charm of a story-book, yet by means of it to imp….
They memorize everything and learn... nothing..
'Above The Thunder' is passionate, wise, and piercingly beautiful. Readers drawn to books with rich, memorable characters and contemporary stories wi….
Muscles are in a most intimate and peculiar sense the organs of the will. They have built all the roads, cities and machines in the world, written al….
A man's needs are few. The simpler the life, therefore, the better. Indeed, only three things are truly necessary in order to make life happy: the bl….
I'd rather be really good at something or not do it at all..
You always get apprehensive before you do shoots..