"The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying."

“Frankly, neither president [Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter] was an inspiring figure; so, maybe their lack of inspiration by the founders shouldn't surprise us.”

“I was never coached; I was never told how to hold a bat.”

“The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.”

“The brands with which we surround ourselves prop us up, make us feel sexy and beautiful, when in reality we're pretty dumpy creatures.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“There's a fragment that goes, "Some say the most beautiful thing in the world is a great cavalry riding down over the hill. Others say it's a vast infantry on the march. But I say the most beautiful thing is the beloved." How political can you get?”

Source : Interview with Anne-Marie Cusac, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. March 31, 2003.

“Writing should be an adventure, shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, blessed with amazing grace. In theory, of course”

“A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad.”

“Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.”