When I am writing a novel I try not to read great prose stylists into which I will fall.

Oh, a bookshop. Why not pop in and buy a little Kant? And perhaps just a quarter-pound of Kafka. Don't bother to wrap it, thanks. I'll eat it here.

Good art is a form of prayer. It's a way to say what is not sayable.

Baseball is a game where you are always waiting, and then when something happens it's like turning a kaleidoscope when you were a kid.

I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years.

There is a lack of context in contemporary education. And contemporary consideration - because we live in those interiorities so much. Especially young kids who live by surfing the Web.

I love baseball. What I love about baseball is that you are always waiting.

The best defense is a good story.

Never use 'submit' as a verb for sending work to magazine or book publishers; say 'offer,' and never, ever submit. Keep your knees unbent. Be brave.

What to know about pain is how little we do to deserve it, how simple it is to give, how hard to lose.

I have found myself writing poetry shortly after I retired. Which I hadn't done in forty years.

Crying relieves pressure on soul.

Fraternity among nations, however, touches the deepest desire of human nature.

I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.

Our necessities never equal our wants.

The bible says, 'All things are possible.' I believe that.

I've never had a writer, and I'm proud of that. Everything I've per­formed has been from my own head.

The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of having is always replaced by more wanting.

Sometimes bullies are your friends and very rarely do bullying prevention tips acknowledge this fact or what to do about it.

The single greatest edge an investor can have is a long-term orientation.

You can't really go back to where you came from. I don't think any of us can.