Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.Collection: Change
The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you "come to terms with" only to discover that they are still there. The real questions refuse to be placated. They barge into your life at the times when it seems most important for them to stay away. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will.Collection: Real
Imagination has always had powers of resurrection that no science can match.Collection: Life
For me words still possess their primitive, mystical, incantatory powers. I am inclined to use them as part of an attempt to make my own reality more real for others, as part of an effort to transcend emotional danger. For me, words are a form of action, capable of influencing change. Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience.Collection: Real
Even the most ordinary life is a mystery if you look close enough.Collection: Ordinary
There are plenty of alcoholics who can be magnificent when drunk: it does not make them any less alcoholic.Collection: Drunk
The real questions refuse to be placated. They are the questions asked most frequently and answered most inadequately, the ones that reveal their true natures slowly, reluctantly, most often against your will.Collection: Real
The real questions are the ones that obtrude upon your consciousness whether you like it or not, the ones that make your mind start vibrating like a jackhammer, the ones that you 'come to terms with' only to discover that they are still there.Collection: Real
At the age of thirty-five, I have just begun to become the kind of person who could understand the kind of book I would want to write.Collection: Book
No matter what the subject, the subject is always love.Collection: Matter
Words possess primitive mystical incantatory healing powers... Their articulation represents a complete, lived experience.Collection: Healing
The real trap of fame is its irresistibility.Collection: Real