“I think that it's only natural that readers become writers. You can only learn so much before you have to share it with others.”

“You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.”

“Why must an aphorism be brief?Because only a fool gives a speech in a burning house.”

“I tried to think the same thought in as many different religions as possible, so the thought itself wouldn't be limited by any particular way of reasoning, the way words restrict -- the whole eskimo-seventeen-words-for-snow idea.”

“That's the human heart for you -- whatever you flee, that's the thing you are looking for.”

“...I discovered that great men were willing to share their ideas. And I was learning so much. You can learn only if others are ahead of you.”

“I can talk for a long time only when it's about something boring.”