There was a day when writers actually read, " he grumbles. "They could quote Keats and Socrates. Now anyone with a keyboard and a fifth-grade education can call themselves a writer.

Free will always results in collateral damage.

I don’t think I’m crazy, but then again, define crazy.

Dying may just be the best thing that ever happened to me.

And a funeral, I found out, is like a wedding in reverse, with less time to plan.

Two weeks. Everything you love, own, and cherish, can be gone, liquidated, and lost forever in two weeks. Give or take a day.

No one is only good or only bad. We have a bit of both inside of us all.

The most effective way to ensure the value of the future is to confront the present courageously and constructively.

I own a home in Sweden, I rent in both Los Angeles and in Britain, and I'm constantly travelling.

The key to our lives as Christians today is how clearly we see by faith the resurrected Christ.

You just have to learn to get really good at choosing your moments and making sure that your story isn't overwhelmed by the effects, and that your emotional storyline is what's driving the train.

I try to meet people where they are.

no one has ever accused Texas of being in the vanguard of social progress. This is the most macho state in the U.S. of A. By lore, legend, and fact, Texas is 'hell' on women and horses.

I have a kind of respect - a worshipful attitude, even - for nature and the natural order and the cosmos and the seasons.

Having nerves and feeling the pressure just gets you focused and gets your concentration level where it needs to be. I harness that nervous energy into a positive way.

Well I can't rightly say (which player hit the ball hardest), but the ones (home runs by) Ruth hit got smaller quicker.