The thing that usually gets me through the writing is that my feelings of wretched inadequacy are irregularly punctuated by brief flashes of omnipote….

We are generally punished by where we have sinned..

He who commences many things finishes but few..

Oh, I don't talk about God..

Accentuaute the positives - medicate the negatives..

Life really is very brief..

Strength is not gained overnight; it is cultivated over time..

You can only go to places that you will let yourself go..

I didn't go in to make friends or not make friends..

No one can stop what God has for you..

All I have to do is find someone who has something to say that will enrich my life and they can't get rid of me..

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling ….

I find when death comes, it is usually a woman that is called for..

Everything takes longer than you expect, even when you expect it to take longer than you expect..

Rush is the death of marriage..

When a person reports a feeling, it's a comment on our relationship..

People who were not active in the intellectual life of the country could go on without feeling restricted, except they could not go where they wanted….

Always I'm feeling, 'You're never going to work again.' That's going to happen one day, but I hope I'm not alive..

You can make history, or you will be vilified by it..

I'd like to work with David Lynch again..

Washington's a cesspool of money..