You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic.

The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.

People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.

Whenever you observe an animal closely, you feel as if a human being sitting inside were making fun of you.

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams.

There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?

His head is made of stars, but not yet arranged into constellations.

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard about

The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.

Explain nothing. Put it there. Say it. Leave.

Locate things that motivate you and surround yourself with people that inspire you

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the roots.

I think the minute you mention death, people run for the hills - unless it's heavy metal. People do not like death.

I think that baseball as a whole, I am a huge romantic when it comes to the history and the stats and the numbers the stories behind it, so I would consider myself a pretty big fan.

Everyone is guilty of something or has something to conceal. All one has to do is look hard enough to find what it is.

Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.

No riches from his scanty store / My lover could impart; / He gave a boon I valued more - / He gave me all his heart!

Clarifying your identity helps you just talk to ladies.

Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths.

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.