My greatest regret as a writer is that I've never been able to include as many jokes as I'd like.

People perish. Books are immortal.

Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting appeal. The spirit of the game is its own referee.

Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty.

The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

You can't make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past.

Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.

Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

Within walking distance of any spot on Earth there's probably more than enough mystery to investigate in a lifetime.

In art, we are the first heirs of all the earth. . . . Accidents impair and Time transforms, but it is we who choose.

I'm aware of what's missing from my life.

This is the forked tongue of grief again. It whispers in one ear: return to what you once loved best, and in the other ear it whispers, move on.

Wealth is not about having a lot of money; it's about having a lot of options.

I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts, because I have faith in Hong Kong's rule of law.

Some songs, some nights won't do anything for you, but people enjoy them and that's the job. The magic is finding those places to stand in the song and gain perspective.

People don't really know me at all.

Every day you have to choose and cultivate your own happiness.

Your life at this exact moment is a direct result of choices you made once upon a time. Thirty minutes or 30 year ago.