I think temperament is my single greatest asset.
Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.
Republicans are people who, if you were drowning 50 feet from shore, would throw you a 25-foot rope and tell you to swim the other 25 feet because it would be good for your character. Democrats would throw you a hundred-foot rope and then walk away looking for other good deeds to do.
It is the individual who knows how little they know about themselves who stands the most reasonable chance of finding out something about themselves before they die.
The meanings of words are not in the words, they are in us.
In a very real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read.
It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
It was only when I found myself writing things I didn't realise I knew that I said, 'I'm a writer now. '
If you were a kangaroo you'd forget you've got a joey in your pouch.
As an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me.
If you want to be a successful runner, you have to consider everything. It's no good just thinking about endurance and not to develop fine speed.