I developed osteoporosis of the personality. My thought processes became brittle.

A hole in one is amazing when you think of the different universes this white mass of molecules has to pass through on its way to the hole.

One minute you're bleeding. The next minute you're hemorrhaging. The next minute you're painting the Mona Lisa.

You must attain a neurological and biological serenity in chaos. You cannot let yourself be sabotaged by adrenaline.

This is where God hangs out.

When I putt, my emotions collide like tectonic plates. It's left my memory circuits full of scars that won't heal.

The amateur has an infectious, contagious enthusiasm for golf and life.

You need a fantastic memory in this game to remember the great shots and a very short memory to forget the bad ones.

Think of me as an impetuous Hegel, drunk with power, and also, regular drunk.

_For what ends_ does one claim cosmopolitanism? _Whose interest_ does it serve?

The job is never done and every generation has to fight again.

I've been producing documentaries on global warming for 20 years and have seen the early warnings of extreme weather events come true.

Time passes by like lightning. Before you know it you're struck down.

I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants.

I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them.

No religion can be built on force.

When God gives you comforts, it is your great evil not to observe His hand in them.

I would think it a greater happiness to gain one soul to Christ than mountains of silver and gold to myself.