. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

I begin with an interest in a relationship, a situation, a character.

You know, people think you have to be dumb to skip rope for 45 minutes. No, you have to be able to imagine something else. While you're skipping rope, you have to be able to see something else.

I have learned that the consequences of our past actions are always interesting; I have learned to view the present with a forward-looking eye.

You don't have to be in the habit of going to church to listen to such a literary minister; you don't have to be a believer to be moved by Mr. Buechner's faith.

I don’t have to say to you or anyone in our WRESTLING community that we are a small world unto ourselves and there is often a big difference in how much we love and understand each other and how little we’re understood or appreciated by people who spend their weekends watching basketball.

There's no reason you shouldn't, as a writer, not be aware of the necessity to revise yourself constantly.