...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men

The more you worry about your spending, the less you focus on increasing your capacity.

When you're tired, sleep. Don't watch stupid tv or play games on your phone. Sleep, and then get up early, and do the stuff you hope you'll be known for after you die.

(A country where) the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.

Age, with his eyes in the back of his head, thinks it wisdom to see the bogs through which he has floundered.

A wise man who was always helpful to me: Mr (Enzo) Ferrari. He always supported me.

It's kind of funny to read the work of ex-Marines and soldiers because what they said to me as a reporter was only a fraction of what they were thinking and feeling and saying to one another.

Community means caring: caring for people. Dietrich Bonhoeffer says: "He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community." A community is not an abstract ideal.

I cannot smell mothballs because it's so difficult to get their little legs apart.

Judgment means that you view the world as you are, rather than as it is.