Never permit failure to become a habit.

A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.

A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant.

A man must earnestly want.

Time was like that, though - racing forward when she wanted it to slow down, then crawling to a stop when she could least bear it.

It's not what we can do that makes us great, but what we can do but don't which make us great

Fiction is a sort of inter-human magic, allowing you to travel into a scene and feel it tingle on your skin.

I got kicked out in grade school because I staged a riot because I wanted more library time.

A best-seller was a book which somehow sold well because it was selling well.

Christian theology: nothing so grotesque could possibly be true.

I really felt that I had accomplished my goals in life. My first passion has always been to be a restaurateur, a good husband and father, and to provide for my family.

If I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I'm grateful that so many of those moments are nice.

Love doesn't come in a minute, sometimes it doesn't come at all.

My idea of managing is giving the ball to Tom Seaver and sitting down and watching him work.