"Poetry, at its best, is the language your soul would speak if you could teach your soul to speak." — Jim Harrison

After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we do.

The only durable sense of success is if you've followed your calling.

My biggest pet peeve is when you go to a fine restaurant, and it's like a mausoleum inside. Good food should be joyful. There should be laughter and chatter, not people sitting there like they're in a funeral-parlor waiting room.

Marriage is survived just on the basis of ordinary etiquette, day in and day out. Also cooking together helps a lot... I've seen all these marriages that failed. Those people are always hollering at each other. That doesn't work.