Writing is a conversation with reading; a dialogue with thinking. All conversations with older people contain repetition. Some of the ideas mean a lot to me, just interesting, so I both embrace and attack the ideas because I found them, well, delightful.

Baseball is already the world's most tranquil sport. It is probably the only active sport where you are not seriously required to be alive to play.

Follow your image as far as you can no matter how useless you think it is. Push yourself.

Life is a process where people mix and match, fall apart and come back together.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

I hope that, reading 'Rosa,' people will remember their own family and friends and talk about what they did and did not do.

Schools should serve breakfast, lunch and an afternoon snack. No sugared drinks, no fast type food.