It would be great to just be able to ignore everything and pitch to a spot, to suppress the intellect and let the intuition take over.

Some people pray to a totem pole, some people pray to a sun, some people pray to a god. It all works for them. It all comes back to what you think.

I'm so secure in myself I couldn't care less what people think of me.

The outfield is solid, so is the catching and the infield.

Big league defense is going to get outs most times.

Meyer and I have a bit in common because we're both left-handed. I think it's great that he seeks out that advice because he's not too "cool" or too uncomfortable to ask for it.

I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys because we'll always be connected in people's minds.

It's not like I'm some kind of veteran and there is this huge age gap. I identify with them more off the field. I need to set an example, which is great, and I look forward to doing just that.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

I was this 5-7 pudgy kid in high school... I wasn't a popular kid. I was an outcast.

I just write mechanical things.

Our behavior to ordinary people depicts our actual nature

It was the forest’s fault. Those two handsome woodcutters. An evil place, the forest, everyone knew it, full of temptations and imps...

To leave out beautiful sunsets is the secret of good taste.

People used to grow up in small communities where folk wisdom was passed down. But we don't live there anymore. We can't go next door to your aunt and ask her for the answers.

The spread of feminism is the most spectacular, extraordinary phenomenon in the last twenty years, and I believe we will accomplish our goals in a million different ways.

Nothing is more difficult than competing with a myth

I have so many books to write now. So I'll write from home. Sometimes I'm writing in the office too, in my cubicle. It looks like a mess. It doesn't look like anybody uses the spot.

I'm the only person I know who's got a bunch of money.

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

All women are basically in competition with each other for a handful of eligible men.