The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.

You can find your way across this country using burger joints the way a navigator uses stars.

And still I wander, seeking compensation in unforseen encounters and unexpected sights, in sunsets, storms and passing fancies.

The first books I was interested in were all about baseball. But I can't think of one single book that changed my life in any way.

I used to think that driving, sleepless, ambitious labor was what you needed to succeed.

I had a tight stomach all the time. I actually developed ulcers. I've learned better than to put all that internal pressure on myself.

I think I'd have done better if I had been a little more relaxed-if I had not pressed quite so hard, if I'd not lost quite so much sleep.