That is the mystery about writing: it comes out of afflictions, out of the gouged times, when the heart is cut open.

I was lonelier than I should be, for a woman in love, or half in love.

The words ran away with me.

...there are no new themes for a writer, only new ways of setting down old themes, new eyes to wander among old rocks.

Fall in love with peace to enjoy the journey we call life.

If money don't buy happiness, what the hell does?

The difference between ideas and resources is that resources has its limits.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.

Baseball is the greatest game in the world and deserves the best you can give it.

These days the nights and mornings have a tendency to bleed into one another.

Your parents leave you too soon and your kids and spouse come along late, but your siblings know you when you are in your most inchoate form.

When you're playing with only 13 guys, and is on the power play 12 times, that'll wear you down.

Reasonable argument is impossible when authority becomes the arbiter.