When I am near the end of a book, I have to sleep in the same room with it.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

War is a dumb game thought out by men when they become too old to play cowboys and crooks.

Destroy all the barrier inside you and accept everyone with love. We are in each other all along. Be nonjudgmental but be loving.

Little Bobby Jones of Atlanta is really a fine player, and shows every indication of becoming a tremendous great one, once he is master of himself, which must come with maturity.

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.

We have always been a nation different from the Chinese. Long ago we fought wars with them.

Meditation helps you do less and accomplish more.

I took time in the day to write as much of the book as I possibly could. I didn't write too much at night, because I don't like to - I'd rather watch TV.

When you're are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. Its more important than that.

How am I going to listen to that horrible noise I make without a gram of coke and a couple of double Jack Daniels?

The natural tendency of the state is inflation.