Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation.

I can only imagine the quiet horror that people must endure when they meet me in person.

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For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.

I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.

To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.

The modern media environment is so overrun with bullshit and static and people trying to sell you stupid crap. It makes you want to bite yourself.

People love honesty. Honesty is medicinal, I think. It makes people feel less lonely in the world.

I'm a radio nerd. I've loved radio since I was a kid. I'm a huge Howard Stern fan.

I have way too much going on, as usual, but fortunately it's all good stuff. I'm not complaining.

Sometimes to self-discover you must self-destruct.

I was transformed the dayMy ego shattered, And all the superficial, materialThings that matteredTo me before, Suddenly ceasedTo matter.

Happiness lives in every corner of your home and if you are homeless, it lives under the leaves of trees, hiding beneath the sky's cloudiness. All you need to do is to find it with patience.

I'll be damned if I am not getting tired of this. It seems to be the profession of a President simply to hear other people talk.

Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.

My former people were not totally wrong. Love is a kind of possession. It’s a poison. And if Alex no longer loves me, I can’t bear to think that he might love somebody else.

If they had Nautilus on the Concorde, I would work out all the time.

My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country--instead of dying for it.

Every 'No' gets me closer to a 'Yes'.

The writer is important only by dint of the territory he colonizes.