Oh, to be a center fielder, a center fielder- and nothing more

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.

You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

The horror of being caged has lost its thrill.

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.

I have a slogan I use when I get anxious writing, which happens quite a bit: ‘the ordeal is part of the commitment.’ It’s one of my mantras. It makes a lot of things doable.

When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it'll be a great place.

Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game.

God will bring people and events into our lives, and whatever we may think about them, they are designed for the evolution of His life in us.

Faith and beliefs are the common things in all religion, so God is the faith and the belief without exception.

Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.

But that is the thing about miracles: it is perception that determines them as such, not facts.

The green earth sends her incense up. From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewey cup She pours her sacred wine.

Drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble.

I think The Beatles are the lasting influence on me, even more so than Dylan.

I never thought about leaving a tennis legacy. I always thought about leaving a legacy of fulfillment, living out your dreams, and giving back.

I think country music is really one of the biggest genres of music out there and one the most successful genres.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.