I have no trouble with the twelve inches between my elbow and my palm. It's the seven inches between my ears that's bent.

Ninety percent I'll spend on good times, women and Irish Whiskey. The other ten percent I'll probably waste.

Some days you tame the tiger, and some days the tiger has you for lunch.

Ten million years from now, when then sun burns out and the Earth is just a frozen iceball hurtling through space, nobody's going to care whether or not I got this guy out.

What is the difference between astroturf and grass? I don't know, I never smoked astroturf.

Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that's often overlooked in Little League.

Always root for the winner. That way you won't be disappointed.

We called Pete Rose and Larry Bowa the soup spoons, because they were always stirring things up. Twenty years later, nothing's changed.

I don't know. I never smoked AstroTurf.

When I come into a game in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, no one out and a one-run lead ... it takes people off my mind.

I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf

The self is also a creation, the principal work of your life, the crafting of which makes everyone an artist.

Trying to destroy yourself gives a pretty clear message and it's not one I think you'd like. Sounds a bit like, “I'm too self-centered to be constructive, so I have to open a vein…

I know who you are. I love you. I love everything about you that hurts.

...and what it all comes down to is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet.

All deaths, all endings, are a path to the next beginning.

That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part.

Some souls are ennobled and elevated by seeming misfortunes, which then become blessings in disguise.

And the actual achievements of biology are explanations in terms of mechanisms founded on physics and chemistry, which is not the same thing as explanations in terms of physics and chemistry.

Everything in a story should be credible.

Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.