I cannot write any sort of story unless there is at least one character in it for whom I have physical desire.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.

Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families

Who Are We to Tell Anyone What They Can or Can't Do?

The ski club was a frugal and intergenerational group. It gave dime-store trophies for speed and agility within categories of gender, age, and experience, and so eventually everyone got a trophy.

All clients' needs and expectations are vastly different.

My parents really raised me with the value that it's important to give back, and I've always gravitated towards non-profits and charities that work with children.

Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.

As football players you have all the experience on the field. You don't have the experience off the field.

When you come up in the slums, having nothin make you humble

Had I not become a footballer, I think I would have been... a virgin.

Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.

Anything can happen. The great banana peel of existence is always on the floor somewhere.