I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch this amazing thing happen.
No issue is more compelling than the air we breathe, be it hot or cold, be it hawk or human.
There's no point dwelling on what might or could have been. You just have to go forward.
We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round.
Even in the most sophisticated person, it is the primitive eye that watches the film.
I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.
I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy. In sports there are absolute rules. It's not, What about this? What about that? Either you're safe or you're out. It's ten yards or it's not. It's in the hoop or out of the hoop. It's certain.
The difficulty for most of us in the modern world is that the old-fashioned idea of God has become incredible or implausible.
My style is ghetto chic. I love tacky jewelry, mega heels, high-waisted shorts, catsuits.
I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and draw for hours and hours and hours. In a way, that's what I do as a writer.
The wise man will not pardon any crime that ought to be punished, but he will accomplish, in a nobler way, all that is sought in pardoning. He will spare some and watch over some, because of their youth, and others on account of their ignorance. His clemency will not fall short of justice, but will fulfill it perfectly.