If you're stupid enough to whiff, you should be smart enough to forget it.

It's a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get.

I've always made a total effort, even when the odds seemed entirely against me. I never quit trying; I never felt that I didn't have a chance to win.

The most rewarding things you do in life are often the ones that look like they cannot be done.

Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

Concentration comes out of a combination of confidence and hunger.

The secret of concentration is the secret of self-discovery. You reach inside yourself to discover your personal resources, and what it takes to match them to the challenge.

If you can see it, you can hit it and if you can hit it, you can hole it.

I'm not much for sitting around and thinking about the past or talking about the past. What does that accomplish?

A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.

Love comes from the heart, lust comes ...lower

For me, the director is the most important thing. He is steering the boat. If you don't trust him, you won't be able to give him your all.

The man who attempts to live for others is a dependent. He is a parasite in motive and makes parasites of those he serves.

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll go write four books about it.

Like your job. Love your wife.

The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life.

If it's a new planet, sign me up. I'm tired of driving around the block, boldly going where hundreds have gone before in orbit around earth-give me a place to go and I'll go.

You have captured my soul in a cocoon of love. My heart will be forever yours.

There's a big difference between the National Book Awards and the Academy Awards. At the Academy Awards you can feel the greed and envy and ego. Whereas the National Book Awards are in New York.