There's not enough said about winter runing. Running in the winter is like not giving up when the road gets hard. It's about willpower and perseverance and being faithful to your sport.

I'd rather be the last runner who saw a cool thing that everyone else missed, than to be a speedy runner who had a miserable experience.

If it's a nod from society you're looking for, run a marathon. But if it's a life-changing experience of personal strength and perseverance that you want, finish an ultra.

The poet is much more the one who inspires, than the one who is inspired.

No good ever came from not talking.

In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.

The English and Americans dislike only some Irish--the same Irish that the Irish themselves detest, Irish writers--the ones that think.

Ecstasy is the energy of spirit. When life flows, ecstasy is natural.

Theatre is an exclusive place that tends to be dominated by white men, or dying white men.

I really would love to play a hannibal lector or PSYCO type character.

Wild oats will get sown some time, and one of the arts of life is to sow them at the right time.

Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place.

This was an unbelievable experience.