Only a fool is never afraid, Frank. Heroes are the people who carry on despite their fear, because they know the job’s got to get done

I’ve never enjoyed myself more than I have the past forty-eight hours, during which I’ve been trapped in a car with one of the worst drivers I’ve ever seen, run up the Spanish Steps and then down again so I could be on time to wait in line to perjuer myself at the American consulate. And I’d like to continue doing those sorts of thing with you on a regular basis for the foreseeable future.

Maybe you just saw what you wanted to see. Or maybe you justfelt what you wanted to feel.

Jake leaned on the horn, swearing loudly. Gina covered her eyes. Doc flung his arms around me, burying his face in my lap, and Dopey, to my great surprise, began to scream like a girl, very close to my ear.

This is how many people become artists, musicians, writers, computer programmers, record-holding athletes, scientists... by spending time alone practicing what they love.

My favorite book of all time is Cold Comfort Farm, by Stella Gibbons.

Weight doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t. I mean, it does if you’re a model or whatever.