Would it be anything like a literary disaster if Gore Vidal were to fall silent? Easy. No. In fact, there is something to be said for the idea.
Never plant without a bucket of compost at your side.
With plants, persuasion is better than force.
One of the most important things a gardener does is look. The rewards are immeasurable.
Plan your garden on paper. Mistakes made on paper won't cost you much in time or money.
I went from having 50 listeners to 50 million listeners.
You make all the fashion statements just by dressing up your mind.
We're like America's little pit bull. They beat it, starve it, mistreat it, and once in a while they let it out to attack somebody.
Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end.