And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?

That's what I want to be when I grow up, just a peaceful wreck holding hands with other peaceful wrecks.

Women have the right to say: this is surface, this falsifies reality, this degrades.

The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked.

More than in any other human relationship, overwhelmingly more, motherhood means being instantly interruptible, responsive, and responsible

She would not exchange her solitude for anything. Never again to be forced to move to the rhythms of others.

Better immersion than to live untouched.

It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.

Not to have an audience is a kind of death.

It's hard for me to talk about the terrible things that have happened in my lifetime because they didn't need to be.

It is distraction, not meditation, that becomes habitual; interruption, not continuity; spasmodic, not constant toil.

Potential, and the will to deploy it. That's all magic is in the end, you know.

For we all of us, grave or light, get our thoughts entangled in metaphors, and act fatally on the strength of them.

The man of ambition thinks to find his good in the operations of others

I think you have to deal with grief in the sense that you have to recognize that you have it, and say that it's OK to have all the sadness.

Apart from an innate grasp of tactical concepts, a great coach must possess the essentials attributes of leadership which mold men into a cohesive, fighting team with an invincible will to victory.

As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.

I don't know how to drive a car. The only thing I can do is act, but it's not something I even feel comfortable doing.

I get what I desire, it's my empire And yes I call the shots, I am the umpire

The only real experience that counts, is your own.

The Old Testament is my favourite science fantasy reading.