Well, I have to write. A lot of people forget that. They think I’m sort of crazy baffoon who can’t make up his mind what to do in life

Give me good books, good conversations, and my Trek Y-Foil, and I shall want for nothing else.

Art has something to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.

The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book.

My favorite monologue in the book is Kate Harrington's story of her relationship with Truman.

He still has the same way of calling to me, as if I'm still new to him, as if he has yet to get over me.

You do not cut a check in the state of Kansas to John Doe, executioner. The executioner is paid in cash so there's no trail to him