The desire for recognition, the thymotic part of the soul, is what drives human history.

When we measure forest success only in board feet, we miss the forest for the trees.

Making music is not to make others like it, but to make myself happy.

A novel should be a book of questions, not a book of answers.

Sometimes you have to lose yourself before you can find anything.

You can be the ripest, juiciest peach in the world, and there's still going to be somebody who hates peaches.