I Carry A Notebook With Me Everywhere.

To Write For Pc Reasons, Because You Think You Ought To Be Dealing With This Subject, Is Never Going To Yield Anything That Is Really Going To Matter To Anyone Else. It Has To Matter To You.

It Makes Me Furious To Hear Haters Of All Skin Colors - Especially Christian, Jewish, And Muslim Fundamentalists - Deride Other People Because Of Their Different Beliefs And Lifestyles.

From The Time I Began To Read, As A Child, I Loved To Feel Their Heft In My Hand And The Warm Spot Caused By Their Intimate Weight In My Lap; I Loved The Crisp Whisper Of A Page Turning, The Musky Odor Of Old Paper And The Sharp Inky Whiff Of New Pages. Leather Bindings Sent Me Into Ecstasy. I Even Loved To Gaze At A Closed Book And Daydream About The Possibilities Inside.

One Definition Of Eternity Is That We Are Not Alone On This Planet, That There Are Those Who've Gone Before And Those Who Will Come, And That There Is A Community Of Spirits.

Being True To Yourself Really Means Being True To All The Complexities Of The Human Spirit.