I strain to hear, but my old ears, for all their obscene hugeness, pick up nothing but snippets.

When two people are meant to be together, they will be together. It's fate.

Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important.

I stare at her for a long moment. I want to kiss her. I want to kiss her more than I've ever wanted anything in my life.

I look after those who look after me." He smacks his lips, stares at me, and adds, "I also look after those who don't." - Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)

Life is the most spectacular show on earth.

The only thing that makes me crazier than writing is not writing.

When will people learn that just because you can make something doesn’t mean you should?

When I first submerged my feet into frigid water, they hurt so badly I yanked them out again. I persisted, dunking them for longer and longer periods, until the cold finally blistered.

I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.

Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip.

Only a mind free of impediment is capable of grasping the chaotic beauty of the world. This is our greatest asset.

When we look and feel happy, it’s beautiful and more attractive than anything we could possibly imagine.

Be assured that any hurt to your spirit will pass in time. It is the nature of Death to take, but the nature of Life to give.

Addiction is pretty simple. It's what happens when peolme don't get what they need, and end up soothing themselves.

It's one of those things; you just get a very nice stroke from being included in the next thing.

Nature is our friend - trees, squirrels, grass, fields, meadows, oceans - without people. Hike. Walk. Stroll. Bike. Swim. Be in a still place and feel eternity. Have a great time. Just feel it.

A small man intoxicated by being allowed to run around with the big, aggressive, powerful boys after so many years as a corduroy-clad peacenik.

Dreams do come true, even for someone who couldn't speak English and never had a music lesson or much of an education.

True knowledge gives a moral standing and moral strength.

Formula One has been the backdrop of my life.