It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books..

Don't be afraid to question. Don't be afraid to get fired. Don't be afraid to be wrong..

With me being in my 40s, I knew who I was..

Is not living at all not better than living badly?.

I'm good at picking friends..

I find OOP technically unsound..

Bring it,muthafuckas.Bring it..

Life's a short trip. You'll find out..

But you don't have your druthers in life, do you?.

Death is never very pretty..

I'm the git in the family..

I don't work from nature, I work like nature..

Gloriously false. [Like Rahab.].

I always wanted to be some kind of writer - I wrote plays and songs and "books" before I realized living and breathing people still wrote poems..

Nothing worth noting..

A smile becomes you or perhaps you become you when you smile..

Power is intoxicating..

In the beginning was the image..

In mid-career, I was at one and the same time the rabbi of a major congregation, writing books, and teaching at Columbia. I didn't spend enough time ….

We only have so much time.... Time will kill you – it really will..

You never know what to expect. You don't just walk on and expect an amazing reaction..