Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your knees unbent. Be brave.

Oh, a bookshop. Why not pop in and buy a little Kant? And perhaps just a quarter-pound of Kafka. Don't bother to wrap it, thanks. I'll eat it here.

Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say what is not sayable.

Baseball is a game where you are always waiting, and then when something happens it's like turning a kaleidoscope when you were a kid.

I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years.

There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids who live by surfing the Web.

I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting.

The best defense is a good story.

What to know about pain is how little we do to deserve it, how simple it is to give, how hard to lose.

I have found myself writing poetry shortly after I retired. Which I hadn't done in forty years.

I always had good students.

Innovation is to connect the dots - synthesizing that goes in one mind, and teamwork through collective insight.

Never let your appreciation to make up you Rude

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterward.

I don't care about Christmas, we are going to train on Christmas Day.

You can only be as good as you dare to be bad.

Comforting Wealth comes by good work, by wisdom it increases, cleverness stabilizes it and by patience it is preserved.

In civilized society we all depend upon each other, and our happiness is very much owing to the good opinion of mankind.

I don't like modern country music. It's not what I'm into, is all. I'm old-school.

We very often confuse personality with leadership.