In Cuba, I didn't even have a bicycle.

I grew up on the softball field. Every day I would take my glove and my bat with me

Papa was a man with silver eyes, not dead ones. Papa was an accordion! But his bellows were all empty. Nothing went in and nothing came out.

When we are no longer children we are already dead

Promises, like gardens need weeding from time to time to produce healthy results.

I would have every minister of the gospel address his audience with the zeal of a friend with the generous energy of a father and with the exuberant affection of a mother.

I am not a follower of Moscow, but its victim.

You may boo, you may turn your back, but I have devoted my life to the conservative cause.

I feel very at home in an empty church. I feel the most protected. It's very mystical.

I'm usually not the straight guy. I'm sometimes more the funny guy, depending on the situation.

Many of those who are driven to this life are desperately searching for those pockets of silence where we can root and grow.

Laughter is inner jogging.