I'm always doubting my work, even when people are kind enough to say good things. I still have a hard time believing I've written some books, let alone that they've actually done pretty well.

Some people were born just so they could be buried.

If a person does this for just a couple of years and discovers that it just isn't for him, that's okay. At least he can move on knowing that he gave it his best shot.

Look, girls don't care how many push-ups you can do. They just want to get high and wear flowers in their hair. Maybe steal a car.

The Oxys filled holes in me I hadn't realized were empty. It was, at least for those first few months, a wonderful way to be disabled. I felt blessed.

I'm beginning to believe that anything I do to extend my life is just going to be outweighed by the agony of living it.

Though there are still many good people out there in the world, it seems that they're vastly outnumbered by the stupid, selfish, violent ones.

I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.

A lot of people get the wrong impression, think there's something romantic or tragic about hitting bottom.

When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school.

I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess.

My family is like America

Kindness don't have no boundaries.

The things that make me different are the things that make me ME. -Piglet

You're still being looked at as somebody who - it's a very complicated issue.

Trust me, you can't play the game if you don't know the rules. And if you don't know the rules, someone's bound to get hurt.

My love is of a birth as rare As 'tis, for object, strange and high; It was begotten by Despair Upon Impossibility.

I don't see you making a movie about Bob Arum.

Mmm, he rumbled into my ear. I thought that being married meant that I never go to bed hungry.

Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.

I don't like to end my talk with a 700 million dollar loss, even if it shows the importance of Numerical Analysis.