"There’s something to be said for doing one thing right."

“I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover.”

Source : "The Autism Debate: Who's Afraid of Jenny McCarthy?". Interview with Karl Taro Greenfeld, content.time.com. February 25, 2010.

“I write first drafts with only the good angel on my shoulder, the voice that approves of everything I write. This voice does'nt ask questions like, Is this good? Is this a poem? Are you a poet? I keep this voice at a distance, letting only the good angel whisper to me: Trust yourself. You can't worry a poem into existence.”

“To get home you had to end the war. To end the war was the reason you fought it. The only reason.”

“I have a real problem with rock music because it seems that lineage doesn't really exist.”

“It is difficult to describe in short the enthusiasm and devotion provoked by and given to my research. We lived almost in poverty. I used pencils, two for a nickel, and could not buy a fountain pen, when I lost mine.”

“I'm not a big gadget guy. When I write, I'll do the whole thing by hand, and then I'll put it into the computer.”

“The sound of a word is at least as important as the meaning.”

“Every four weeks I go up a bra size... it's worth being pregnant just for the breasts.”