I'm never going to let nobody take those kids. They Michael's kids. They have no right to try to take those kids. It's going to be a big mess over that.

God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise.

I ain't afraid to tell the world that it don't take school stuff to help a fella play ball.

Hey big mouth, how do you spell triple?

So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line I decided to come back home.

Sometimes you don't realize your fear of heights until you stand at the edge of the cliff, ready to jump.

He almost blacks out again, but he’s not sure if it’s the stroke or the thrust gravity. He’s pretty sure driving blood pressure higher while having a stroke is considered poor form.

Perfect self-expression will never be labor, but of such absorbing interest that it will seem almost like play.

Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons

Love means having to say you're sorry every fifteen minutes.

I think it's quite difficult to understand what kind of life a writer leads. They might be millionaires, or they might be starving people.

The body is meant to be seen, not all covered up.

We may eat dinner together, but everyone puts the food in his own mouth.

You can't go around the theatres handing out cards saying, 'It isn't my fault'. You go onto the next one.