His conviction that everything happened for a reason, and would come to good, gave him laughing equanimity even in hard times.

I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a used book sale. For a quarter I bought a book called 'Come On Seabiscuit.' I loved that book. It stayed with me all those years

For 'Seabiscuit,' I interviewed 100 people I never met.

I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled.

In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely

I have to detach myself completely from aspirations. I hardly ever listen to music anymore because it arouses all of this yearning in me

Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen.