It ain't the blows we're dealt that matter, but the ones we survive.

It's best to be ruthless with the past.

Papa!” she whispered. “I have no eyes!”He patted the girl’s hair. She’d fallen into his trap. “With a smile like that, ” Hans Hubermann said, “you don’t need eyes.

... when editors were flattered, they would sometimes give in on some of their mad ideas.

I probably have to move out of New York. I just can’t live in New York anymore.

We allude to the short prose narrative, requiring from a half hour to one or two hours in its perusal

Loss isn't an absence after all. It is a presence. A strong presence right next to me. I look at it. It doesn't look like anything, that's what is so strange. It just fits in.

I'd take pasta over skinny any day. More importantly, I'd take health over looks.

I grow spiritually when I accept responsibility for my life.

In this era, I-ways are as essential as Highways...We need both Information Ways and Highways.

Only your ascent is important. Once you ascend, everything is saved

When I'm healthy, I can still pitch. I know I can still pitch at that level and get the results that I want.