We are not dealing with a scientific problem. We are dealing with a political issue.

NCI now actually anticipates further increases, and not decreases, in cancer mortality rates, from 171/100,000 in 1984 to 175/100,000 by the year 2000!

The treasures of life is hidden in a book.

The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.

The sky cannot have two suns.

I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.

Being sexy is not about what's on show, it's all about suggestion, or insinuation. I'm interested in the way a garment hangs on a woman's body and the way it moves when she moves.

If we did not have pride, we would not complain of it in others.

A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.

Four seasons fill the measure of the year; there are four seasons in the minds of men.

I didn't have the passion for athletics in that way, that there were other parts of me that felt under-served and that needed to be nurtured and needed my energy.

I paid my way through college as a carpenter and a woodworker. So I've built the house I live in and most of the furniture that's in it, and I do a lot of woodworking still.