Every morning or afternoon, whenever you want to write, you have to go up and shoot that old bear under your desk between the eyes.

The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.

It is possible to refine awareness itself so much that the emptiness of things, and the role mental construction plays, becomes a directly apprehended reality.

No man can teach another self-knowledge. He can only lead him or her up to self-discovery - the source of truth.

I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.

We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.

I'm not in love. It's a crush which is why it hurts. Crushes crush. Otherwise they'd be called awesomes. "I have an awesome on him.

I was making sure everyone knew Crabtree was a mediocre receiver. And when you try the best corner in the game with a mediocre receiver, that's what happens. I appreciate that he knows that now.

I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.

The purest treasure mortal times can afford is a spotless reputation.