Not enough gets said about the importance of abandoning crap.

It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions.

The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work.

We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.

You can criticize yourself to a point to do something better, or you criticize yourself to a point where you inhibit yourself.

Great stories happen to those who can tell them.

We live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.

It takes a while. It's gonna take you a while. It's normal to take a while. You just have to fight your way through that.

You'd think that radio was around long enough that someone would have coined a word for staring into space.

It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.

I cannot stress enough that the answer to a lot of your life's questions is often in someone else's face. Try putting your iPhones down every once in a while and look at people's faces.

He seemed to believe that indignation was a sufficient guardian.

The writing in itself is transformative for me.

I've seen what you're going to understand, dear.It made me patient when confronting your temper.

The netherworld is timeless and unchanging, and boring -- much like a doctor's waiting room.

Some people say the president is incapable of enforcing the law. Let them say that once more and I will set the tanks on them.

Life is great and golf has been one of the great parts of it for me.

Zach had brought her a dog.

You never lose until you actually give up.

A lot of leading countries in the world, including the United States and Russia, have to take their responsibilities much more seriously to ensure we are back on the road to peace and stability.

I don't really make records chronologically.