But early on I saw this: You are wasting time by suffering twice. I mention this only to show how many things the mind cannot will itself to do, even if it wants to.

She said that her job as a writer of fiction was to report on the human condition, to tel us who we are and what we think and what we do.

... and that was when I learned that work gets done if you simply do it.

This is not the story of my marriage. I cannot tell that story: I cannot take hold of, or lay out for anyone, the many swamps and grasses and pockets of fresh air and dank air that have gone over us.

I never wrote him. I never saw him again. He was just gone, this dear, dear man, this friend of my soul in the hospital so long ago, disappeared. This is a New York story too.

Perhaps, I am yet to be written. I am yet to be described in those poetic gestures lovers use to describe their soulmate.

I find that it takes a lot of years of living, and many more of reckoning, to come up with one worthwhile paragraph. And when a deadline looms, prayer doesnt hurt, either.

He convinced me - Fred Freeman - to go to Hollywood and we went to Hollywood to write sitcoms. Joey Bishop actually paid my way to Hollywood.

Writing. Love is writing.

When you put your mind to it, you usually find that there is a way to achieve what you want after all.

He (Honus Wagner) was the nearest thing to a perfect player no matter where his manager chose to play him.

I don't consider myself a heartthrob in any way. I'm just pinching myself. I'm truly fortunate to be a part of this whole process.

Belief is otiose; reality is sufficiently awesome as it stands.

I just keep thinking about putting up good numbers, playing hard and winning games.

Spread the seeds of encouragement far and wide, and delight in the bountiful harvest that they will surely bring.