Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome.

War is what happens when language fails.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time.

Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.

It is very rare or almost impossible that an event can be negative from all points of view.

You have to stay in school. You have to. You have to go to college. You have to get your degree. Because that's the one thing people can't take away from you is your education. And it is worth the investment.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Happiness in marriage is a moment by moment choice. A decision to love, forgive, grow and grow old together.

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

I was going to sue for defamation of character, but then I realized I have no character.

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

The universe doesn't allow perfection.