I was allowed to ring the bell for five minutes until everyone was in assembly. It was the beginning of power.

Chatterers are a menace.

I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison.

The worst moment of any campaign is waiting for the sun to rise on the morning of the battle

When a book comes out I wonder if one person will buy it. It's agony. Of course it's stupid, but it's agony.

The discipline required for athletics carried through to writing. You call it obsession. I call it discipline. By the way, I see nothing wrong with that.

I've loved art for more than 30 years.