On the whole, I don't want to think too much about why I write what I write. If I know what I'm doing ... I can't do it.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Increase is so natural that it starts from before we taste the first breath of life at birth

Turkey is a European country, an Asian country, a Middle Eastern country, Balkan country, Caucasian country, neighbor to Africa, Black Sea country, Caspian Sea, all these.

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

All my father saw was what he wanted to see.

For your self to become pure, give everything to what is already pure in you.

I have always wanted to be a published author. I write baseball books because I love the sport.

A team that is always fun with witty sense of humor. We help each other around a lot and help push each other to be better

You're a doer, because you're prepared to make the necessary effort to translate your dream into action.

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis." One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity.

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.