Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.

The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.

I work with language. I love the flowers of afterthought.

I'd watched a lot of David Letterman for sure. As far as who I watched as a late-show host, it was definitely Letterman.

I have a belief: What belongs to you, comes to you.

..the best is only bought at the cost of great pain...or so says the legend

I like the fact that I can do stunts, but I don't think of myself as a stunt guy. Those guys are really good at what they do.

Mercury poisoning sounds like a rich man's disease . . . like something you might get from the leather seats in your Lamborghini.

Skepticism is provisional, even if it lasts a lifetime.

The supreme task is to organize and unite people so that their anger becomes a transforming force.

Practice is the best of all instructors.

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.