Playing shortstop is 75 to 80 percent anticipation, knowing the hitter and the pitch being thrown.

The shortstop is a perfectly conditioned athlete. You're running out on relays all the time. You're covering second base. On every pitch, you're moving.

Joy is God’s presence in our lives.

Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections

I've always thought of writing as sort of active communication.

You don't have to be age 20 and size zero to be sexually viable or viable as a woman.

A bowl of pudding only has taste when I put it in my mouth - when it is in contact with my tongue. It doesn't have taste or flavor sitting in my fridge, only the potential.

Poetry is the most intimate of all writing. I want to speak first from me to myself and then from me to you.

I became a comedian because I didn't want to be bullied anymore. Onstage I was safe.

I see you got a crew cut...and the crew never came back!

Something there is that doesn't love a wall, and wants it down.

Writing was in its origin, the voice of an absent person.