The next MVP of the Super Bowl is just as likely to have been a full-time grocery store bagger last year as a Heisman Trophy winner.

I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing.

Fear is a healthy instinct, not a sign of weakness. It is a natural self-defense mechanism that is common to felines, wolves, hyenas, and most humans. Even fruit bats know fear, and I salute them for it. If you think the world is weird now, imagine how weird it would be if wild beasts had no fear.

The thing that was important to me about Hemingway at the time was that Hemingway taught me that you could be a writer and get away with it.

Some people will tell you that slow is good - but I'm here to tell you that fast is better.

Though I was careful never to mention it, I began to see a new dimension in everything that happened.

I've been studying drugs for years.