"Excuse me while I slip into something more comfortable."

“Because there is nothing here than invites us to cherish unhappy lovers. Nothing is more vain than to die for love. What we ought to do is live.”

“The irreversibility of time is the mechanism that brings order out of chaos.”

“In the years just after 9/11, even being breathed on by a suspected terrorist could land you in extralegal detention for the rest of your life.”

“I write short stories when a little idea occurs to me, that I know isn't a part of a novel that will stand by itself and should be concentrated.”

“I was a hoodlum. I was a gang member, and art saved my life.”

Source : "Art Talk with F. Murray Abraham". Interview with Paulette Beete, www.arts.gov. October 24, 2012.

“The intricacies of spiritual philosophy and theologies are just a thought within Emptiness.”

“There are cases in which somebody has demonstrated just such an outrageous disregard for the bounds of an acceptable decision that you want a measure of accountability.”

Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.

“It's sad that children cannot know their parents when they were younger; when they were loving, courting, and being nice to one another. By the time children are old enough to observe, the romance has all too often faded or gone underground.”