Plot is a map and I begin with it. It is what made me admire the novels of the 19th century; that the stories are foreshadowed. TheyÕre going someplace.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

Knowledge comes from learning. Wisdom comes from living.

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.

Before 1521 we could have been anything and everything not Filipino

All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70.

I know what I want, and where to go.

You're not really drinking coffee unless you drink it black, don't you think? Oh, no? You like to monkey with it?

The world is an inherently unfair place.

As a member of a competitive team, you want to make sure you have yourself ready to play. You don't control anything but what you do.

Surfing should be called "foam-choking" or "sea stabbing.

When I hear of the destruction of a species, I feel just as if all the works of some great writer have perished.