I feel a sudden clear focus and perspective. There is no time for anything inessential. I must focus on myself, my work, and my friends.

I find my thoughts, increasingly, not on the supernatural or spiritual but on what is meant by living a good and worthwhile life—achieving a sense of peace within oneself.

I cannot pretend I am without fear. But my predominant feeling is one of gratitude.

The cat wrinkled its nose and managed to look unimpressed. "Calling cats, " it confided, "tends to be a rather overrated activity. Might as well call a whirlwind.

You are good for nothing unless you are clever.

When I entered the sport of boxing I wanted to be one of the best and be undefeated. And I was able to attain that, not just one championship title, but four.

No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.

Writing poetry is a state of free float.

Anybody who's been married to a man for forty odd years knows he's all talk.

I was always really into the music rather than the scene.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

Energy is the only life, and is from the body; and reason is the bound or outward circumference of energy. Energy is eternal delight.

If you love to read, you can learn anything you really want to know.