Whatever inspires you fires you.

Words without action are like wheels without traction. It is how you live that counts.

The person that angers you most, teaches you best

Stop trying to squeeze professional results out of recreational hours.

I wrote my first book in a toilet in a factory where I was a floor sweeper.

Remember, if you don't have a goal you're not playing football, you're just kicking a ball around the park.

I train for the first shot – it’s all I need.

Reality is based on perception

Blocking and countering like they do in the films doesn't work, so don't bother trying.

Fresh, solid ideas feel like gifts to writers, therefore every morning is Christmas.

When you took a man's job away from him, his ability to feed and clothe his family, that man was going to get angry.

The snowball of selfishness quickly becomes an avalanche.

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant but inside I was always quaking.

We should know who they are, " I said, "before we kill them. That's just being polite.

Baseball gives ... a growing boy self-poise and self-reliance. Baseball is a man maker.

The moment you put a mental label on another human being, you can no longer truly relate to that person. . . It then becomes possible to perpetrate any act of violence.

Bureaucracies force us to practice nonsense. And if you rehearse nonsense, you may one day find yourself the victim of it.

I’m the type of person that tries to fall back asleep in the morning just to finish a dream.

It's what every writer needs: a daybed.