John Fowles

The most important questions in life can never be answered by anyone except oneself.

We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.

Most marriages recognize this paradox: Passion destroys passion; we want what puts an end to wanting what we want.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.

While Obama might not push college education exclusively, like most Democrats he does oversell it and does shortchange the alternatives. And millions of young Americans pay the price.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'