People thought becoming an adult meant that all your acts had consequences; in fact it was just the opposite.

To my parents, writing seemed precarious and not the best idea.

I'm just kind of really interested in athletes as artists of a pretty serious variety and people who devote themselves to what they do in a really incredible way.

You don't have to even see the common man anymore if you don't want to! Only through the telescope on your yacht.

It was strange the way he loved her; a side long and almost casual love, as if loving her were simply a matter of course, too natural to mention.

It's very hard right now to be a pro sports fan. The economics of this stuff is abysmal.

... people loved to suffer, as long as the suffering made sense. Everybody suffered. The key was to choose the form of your suffering.

I play American football every Saturday, which I find calming.

Most writers, most books, you have no idea whether it was a dollar or a million dollars.

The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.

For many years I didn't have health insurance.

Your retirement does not mean you are tired but you have learned more or acquired more experience.

One cannot shape the world without being reshaped in the process. Each gain of power requires its own sacrifice.

There is no land like the land of your childhood.

If we grew up with nothing, we're complicated with that. That's the thing I keep hearing from people.

The effort must be total for the results to be meaningful.

When a creature has developed into one thing, he will choose death rather than change into his opposite.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Running more doesn't do you any good. You've got to be successful more.

I'd never had people drive me around, and then all of a sudden, if a car didn't come, I'd say, "Where's my car?"