Fanaticism? No. Writing is exciting and baseball is like writing. You can never tell with either how it will go.

One writes because one has a burning desire to objectify what it is indispensable to one's happiness to express.

The self does not realize itself most fully when self-realization is its most constant aim.

Among animals, one has a sense of humor. Humor saves a few steps, it saves years.

The cynics in life are the people who are always trying to do things for people who don't want things done for them.

We are suffering from too much sarcasm.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.