Art does not copy nature - it suggests it..

You flatter me shamelessly. I like it. Good..

I have a family to feed..

To say a thing 'must be', is the very power that makes it..

I'm happy with what I've achieved..

All the blues greats took chances and developed their own style. They didn't copy..

You can't even see it. I'm the safest thing you'll ever find.

Not everyone has something to say. This will not stop them from saying it..

I love to be the lead, but you can't always be the lead..

I'm not Misbah, Mishah is not me.

Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody. "Your very own words," indeed ! And who are you?.

God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us..

No one is you, and that is your power..

There have been times when I reread - or at least leafed through - something because I'd sent a copy to a friend, and what usually happened was that ….

I live a pretty anonymous life..

I'm the best Manning..

I've waited all my life to say this... I weigh less than Elizabeth Taylor!.

Change is as good as a rest. It keeps me fresh..

It's a very American thing to hide away from death..

I'm not maximized yet..

I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing..