I did not need him to survive. He inspired me to find that strength in myself.

It was as if the universe pointed us in the direction of each other, because that was the natural order of things.

But there is one cool thingabout having a weirdo mother.She works so hard at rememberingwhere she left herselfshe doesn’t have timeto work on me.

Pamela was beautiful, it was true, and I felt that submerged attraction to her that everyone felt for the beautiful.

Advice is sometimes transmitted more successfully through a joke than grave teaching.

The times are squalid. They always were. It is a poet's duty to hold the line.

In reality, nobody gets successful in America by being lazy.

It's strange how knowledge changes perception.

It should almost be a prerequisite to play Castle Stuart before you're allowed to design golf courses nowadays.

Lord Jesus, don't let me lie when I say that I love you.....and protect me, for today I could betray you.

I am not a driver, I am a racer.

I don't have to get a pitch down the middle. If I like the pitch-even if it's 15 inches off the plate, and that's the pitch I wanted-I'm swinging.