My mother and father stressed education and always made sure we had a place to study and books to read.

Sometimes if you talk trash, you end up taking out the garbage.

There were times my immaturity kept me from being all I wanted to be.

I'm concerned that young people, far too often, abdicate their responsibilities of learning and adapting and give that over to people who may not always have their best interests at heart.

One of the reasons why I enjoy college basketball a little more is because of its team orientation as opposed to individual orientation.

I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts.

To be enveloped in the pure atmosphere of divine love is to be created by God

Destiny is like a train with no brakes

You're going to die tomorrow. You're going to die, because I am going to kill you Jimmy

Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic?

There is much money given to be laughed at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A.'s fine horse, and B.'s fine house.

I was an office secretary for a long time. A good secretary.

The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They're pale, tired, and unready. Too bad, since it's their job to be an alternative, not an embarrassment.

The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, 'Am I doing something that's worthwhile?' Because even if you fail at it, you know that it's worth doing.

There would be no sequel to the sadness

We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.