And finally

The impulse to touch her and all the life in her was something I had to check regularly.

As a kid I always wanted to be a centre-forward. I wanted the buzz and thrill of scoring goals from an early age.

Freedom is the default position. Everything the government does takes away some of our freedom... That's why we have a constitution, to restrain the government.

The novelist screws up his courage in order to invest another two or three years in another attempt to float a boat of original design upon an invented ocean.

Roosevelt's humor was broad, his manner friendly. Of wit there was little; of philosophy, none. What did he possess? Intuition, inspiration, love of adventure.

I am not a journalist. I'm just a guy who cares. I'm sorry. I'm just a guy who cares an awful lot about my country.

And that, Annette, is called Pilates

Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.

Things can never touch the soul, but stand inert outside it, so that disquiet can arise only from fancies within.