“I have become a gateTo the ruined city, dry, / Indestructible by fire.”
“I would talk in iambic pentameter if it were easier.”
“I like all my children, even the squat and ugly ones.”
“Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time.”
“Nothing in the universe can travel at the speed of light, they say, forgetful of the shadow`s speed.”
“[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).”