It is only through disruptions and confusion that we grow, jarred out of ourselves by the collision of someone else's private world with our own.

Memory blurs, that's the point. If memory didn't blur you wouldn't have the fool's courage to do things again, again, again, that tear you apart.

Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another's skin, another's voice, another's soul.

I never change, I simply become more myself.

How lovely this world is, really: one simply has to look.

Our enemy is by tradition our savior, in preventing us from superficiality.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.

Keep a light, hopeful heart. But ­expect the worst.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

Be your own editor/critic. Sympathetic but merciless!

Paperwork wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t for all the paper. And the work.

Beauty is not the reflection of your image, but the reflection of the seer's inner vision.

It takes the pressure off of your better players to know they don't always have to be on top of their game for the team to do well.

My dad worked every day. I didn't get into show business to work every day. So the fact that most days I get to like, spend really good time with my kids - that's what success is to me.

It was shocking to realize how many low-income Americans don't have savings accounts.

Music is your only friend until the end...

The best teachers have shown me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly - we only think it does.

Aim high, and you won't shoot your foot off.

Attention is a bit like real estate, in that they're not making any more of it. Unlike real estate, though, it keeps going up in value.

Everyone who watches me play knows I am an honest player. play the game as honestly as I can. If the referee gives a penalty there is nothing you can do.