Life is war. By implication, life in itself places humanity with the need for battle in the struggle for success

It is better to leave a child well instructed than to hand over the whole world in the hands of a fool

And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own.

No" works just fine as a complete sentence. You don't have to explain yourself.I said no, then stopped talking.

Why are you stripping in my front yard at six in the morning? I have neighbors you know.

In my early 30s, I started to realise I was avoiding something on a personal level, but also as a writer. I was in denial about who I was, and was trying to be someone who I was not.

The thing I love about off-road racing is the pride in how abusive it is.

[A knuckleball is] a curve ball that doesn't give a damn.

Now I tell you the downside of this is you feel awful, but the upside is you feel terrific.

A lot of writers and artists are like chefs who eat their own cooking in the kitchen and then deliver an empty plate with assurances that it's great.

Everywhere I look, I see something holy.

There is no comparison between him and me; he developed a whole new way of making art and he's clearly in a league of his own. It would be like making comparisons with Warhol.