When I began to read, I began to exist.

The gods have their own rules..

An experience that changes nothing is hardly worth having..

What’s working, and how can we do more of it?.

We don't really make friends, they make us..

The very best of all Merwin: I have been reading William since 1952, and always with joy..

I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. ….

You learn from the good, you learn from the bad..

Oh, I don't talk about God..

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself..

Whenever I do get to work with John Barrowman, it is absolutely a joy. We just crack each other up..

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden..

Always do something that requires you and your date to talk..

Now begins a torrent of words and a trickling of sense..

There was never anything that did not proceed from a thought..

Concerts are dangerous because anything can happen - which is one of the joys as well..

All is One (Nature, God).

Don't seek to be published, seek to be read..

When it comes to work, there are many who will stop at nothing..

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time..

I've never been in a barroom brawl in my life. I just don't do such things.