Friendship is an obstetric art; it draws out our richest and deepest resources; it unfolds the wings of our dreams and hidden indeterminate thoughts;….

A mental image gives you a framework upon which to work. It is like the drawing of the architect, or the map of the explorer. Think over this for a f….

I was technically a Valley Girl, even though I absolutely dreaded being called that. I really hated the idea that I was a Valley Girl.

Neither I nor anyone else knows what a standard is. We all recognize a dishonorable act, but have no idea what honor is..

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea..

There is this idea of history as something you make, as a meaningful narrative with a beginning and an end, the end being a utopia of happiness that ….

Perhaps the habit which distinguishes civilized people from others is that of discussion, exchange of opinion and ideas, the ability to differ withou….

Oh, impossible. Fancy cream puffs so soon after breakfast. The very idea made one shudder. All the same, two minutes later Jose and Laura were lickin….

The ideas of the classics, so far as living, are our commonplaces. It is the modern books that give us the latest and most profound conceptions. It s….

I know of no painless process for giving birth to a picture idea. When I must produce, I retire to a quiet room with a supply of cheap paper and shar….

I tend more towards what some people call literary science fiction, but what I mean by that is that it is full of interesting language, experimentati….

Nevertheless, it is probably fair to say that Obama's ideas were too big for America's appetite. It would have been nice had he made a few incrementa….

Ultimately, time is all you have and the idea isn't to save it, but to savour it..

Love finds us where we are, not where we were..

I think the greatest tragedy of mankind is that people have ideas and opinions in their heads but don't have a process for properly examining these i….

I can single handedly dispel any ideas that sexuality is acquired. Trust me, you're born with it. My brother is gay, and we knew when he was two..

My writing comes from ideas that make a sound in my heart..

I'm not talking ideas, or even presentation. It's like in politics: You have to sell something to become an electric player - like your skin or your ….

The preparation for building a series of thrillers based on a single character is kind of like the preparation for becoming a parent: The best part i….

Politics matters. Ideas matter. Democracy matters, because all of us need to be able to make a difference..

The days are gone when a country can issue orders to other peoples. Today, mankind needs culture, ideas and logic..