"But when The Prince of Tides came out, thank God she was dead. I’m not sure I would have had the guts to publish that…"

"Why do they not teach you that time is a fingersnap and an eyeblink, and that you should not allow a moment to pass y…"

"The two most dangerous words in the English language are ‘like’ and ‘as.’ If you do not have something interesting to…"

"With poetry, you take the stock and boil it down to where it’s a glaze. It is the elixir of language"

"My father confused me about what it meant to become a man. From an early age, I knew I didn’t want to be anything lik…"

"When you’ve got a father who beats you, as a kid you think it’s your fault. You develop a self-destructive belief tha…"

"Individual rights have been recognized by our jurisprudence only after long and costly struggles. They should not be …"

"Common sense and justice dictate that a citizen accused of a crime should have the fullest hearing possible, plus the…"

"Experience demonstrates that in time of war individual liberties cannot always be entrusted safely to uncontrolled ad…"

"Criminal punishment for disobedience of an arbitrary and invalid order is objectionable regardless of whether the ord…"