A book is like a piece of rope; it takes on meaning only in connection with the things it holds together.
It is satisfying for the descendant of a dissident refugee from Elizabeth I to present his credentials to Elizabeth II.
There is no lasting hope in violence, only temporary relief from hopelessness.
The presumption of innocence is not just a legal concept. In commonplace terms, it rests on that generosity of spirit which assumes the best, not the worst, of the stranger.
You and I know that there is a correlation between the creative and the screwball. So we must suffer the screwball gladly.
Perhaps the most fundamental value of a liberal education is that it makes life more interesting. It allows you to think things which do not occur to the less learned. . . it makes it less likely that you will be bored with life.
There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation.
If you're walking down the street in L. A. , people do sort of look at you like you're a hooker because it's so rare to see someone just walking.
Shakespeare had it right all along: Love will kill you in the end.
Sometimes I truly fear that I am losing my mind. And if I did it it would be like flying blind.
Good old Pete. That's me. But I find it hard to think of myself in the first person when I'm writing about The Who. So many times he has willingly sat down to write about the good old Who. Isn't he too old to masturbate?