Four years was enough of Harvard. I still had a lot to learn, but had been given the liberating notion that now I could teach myself.

When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but toward a vague spot a little to the east of Kansas.

Sun and moon, sun and moon, time goes.

There was clearly great charm and worth in a sport so quaintly perverse in its basic instructions. Hit down to make the ball rise. Swing easy to make it go far. Finish high to make it go straight.

If you have the guts to be yourself, other people'll pay your price.

Celebrity is a mask that eats into the face.

Religion enables us to ignore nothingness and get on with the jobs of life.