Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.

The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.

My heart had been touched by him, battered by him, cradled by him as the days passed. He was cruel without meaning to be yet he was kind, and I needed him too much to let myself want him

Believing is a fine thing, but putting those beliefs into execution is a test of strength.

One of the most radical and revolutionary things you can do is grow your own food and eat from the land.

We call them feelings because we feel them.

An objective is an ambition, and life without ambition is ... well, aimless wandering.

Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you feel that you are in the mood. Write, whether you are feeling inclined to write or not.

In the blues, it just takes so long for us to get recognized.

Pray for a peaceful and contented mind in all circumstances.

If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands. One cannot love while holding offensive arms.

Fail, fail again, fail better.