"My first instinct is to push you until you break just to see how hard I have to press."

“I find my inspiration in myself.”

“Being a husband is a whole time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They cannot give their entire attention to it.”

Source : The Title (1918) act 1

“I've had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we're truly after.”

Source : "An Interview with Alan Bishop". believermag.com. July 1st, 2008.

“And I can't think of a reason I'd ever use a pseudonym, as I wouldn't want to publish something that I didn't like enough to put my name on it.”

“Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.”

Source : James Wright (2011). “The Branch Will Not Break: Poems”, p.57, Wesleyan University Press

“If a person wants to be a part of your life, they will make an obvious effort to do so. Think twice before reserving a space in your heart for people who do not make an effort to stay.”

“I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s.”

“I was always suspicious and looking over my shoulder because that's how I was raised.”