Nothing brings you together like a common enemy.

I felt the sort of soaring, ceilingless tedium that transcends tedium and becomes worry.

Talent is its own expectation, Jim: you either live up to it or it waves a hankie, receding forever.

...Genuine pathological openness is about as seductive as Tourette's Syndrome.

Certain sincerely devout and spiritually advanced people believe that the God of their understanding helps them find parking places and gives them advice on Mass. Lottery numbers.

Beauty is not the goal of competitive sports, but high-level sports are a prime venue for the expression of human beauty.

every failure is also a victory.