You've got to be smart enough to write and stupid enough not to think about all the things that might go wrong.

We are inspired to write by divine force.

Sanity is a handicap and liability if you're living in a mad world.

It is still a surprise when people tell me that I've had an influence on them, particularly when it's someone I really respect.

I get way down in the music / Down inside the music.

While it is a cause for regret that Fischer did not continue to produce scintillating games, he perhaps had a greater impact on chess than any other twentieth century player

Every lover's lament has an element of boasting.

I tried to be really healthy and eat whole and organic as much as possible. I think that's the key to avoiding crazy weight gain.

It’s a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.

Much more wretched than lackof health inthe body, it is to dwell with a soul that is not healthy, but corrupt.