It is inconceivable to me that a million or three million or half a million human beings will think and feel precisely the same way on any single subject.
Writing is a calling, not a choice.
You spend the first part of your life collecting things. . . and the second half getting rid of them.
Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it.
Every person is born with a talent, and happiness depends on discovering that talent in time.
What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.
Reading is like looking through several windows which open to an infinite landscape. . . . For me life without reading would be like being in prison, it would be as if my spirit were in a straightjacket; life would be a very dark and narrow place.
The Great Gatsby, the finest novel ever written.
You can write very obtuse and abstract lyrics, and if they want to, people are going to find something amazing that you're saying.
It doesn't take talent to hustle.
Some period of time later you look up and say, "That concern was right on the mark; it happened exactly as I thought it would. " So that's been really helpful to recognize.