Dogs aren't like family members, they are family members.

If the single man plants himself indomitably on his instincts, and there abides, this huge world will come around to him.

Condemnation feels good and it is now a staple of religion, politics, and the media (both left and right), but it changes nothing. Compassion, on the other hand, changes everything. (p. 121)

A college provides a means of accrediting and laundering one’s existence, so that what was may be forgotten under the weight of something far more mundane.

...I'm just beginning to understand how kind you are.

As far as more recognition goes, I am happy with the amount of love and respect I have received from other artists and the public. Of course, I would love more, and think I deserve it.

Don't say yes until I finish talking.

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.

He who breaks a resolution is a weakling; He who makes one is a fool.

I'm also human so I have days when I look in the mirror and go, "All right . . . Things are definitely changing." I can see that.

I'll just say this. There was no way we were going to lose at home on this day in this in this city for all those people.