I think the impetus is still there. This continent cannot be allowed to die nightly in the pornography of poverty that is our news screens.

While people argue with one another about the specifics of Freud’s work and blame him for the prejudices of his time, they overlook the fundamental truth of his writing, his grand humility: that we frequently...

What we do best is perishables. We expanded to make more space for those items – meat, produce, dairy and frozen foods – that was the impetus behind our expansion.

…[I]f I don’t get going soon, the whole impetus may die—and if that happens, well, I really shall consider a long, restful plunge into insanity. Sometimes the abyss yawns very attractively.

We need a new momentum, a new impetus, on the political side,

They tell me to be quietWhen I’d rather cause a riotAnd have everyone screamingOut their eccentric meaning.

So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.

The impetuous wind can ignite the fire or put it out.

Disgust with injustice may sharpen the desire for justice. Readers who don’t see this connection merely wish to be entertained, and I have neither skill nor desire to turn the agony of a people into...