On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to love it more and more.

An optimist is a driver who thinks that empty space at the curb won't have a hydrant beside it.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.

Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

There are no friends; only moments of friendship.

If you pay the price for success, you win. If you avoid payment, you lose. It’s really that simple.

Beauty, coveted though it was, could not outlive you. Only actions would.

Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.

I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.

I know who likes football likes me

Patience is a conquering virtue.

it was possible to grow up in an instant, that you could look down and see the line in the sand dividing your life now from what it used to be.

Books were the sustenance of God. And His munitions.

I don't like to write from a flat, cold position. You must like what you're doing very much or like the people -- either like them or hate them. You can't be indifferent.

Visiting old haunts is hard on memory. Things shrink, change, and disappear.