Photographers direct the eye toward a particular object. We who write, one hopes, are directing the heart and the soul.

Who I am really keeps surprising me.

There is no such thing as writer's block. There is only not enough information. If you can't write, learn something.

We are all either wheels or connectors. Whichever we are we must find truth and balance, which is a bicycle. Trust and balance are also essential to true love.

There is always something to do. There are hungry people to feed, naked people to clothe, sick people to comfort and make well. And while I don't expect you to save the world I do think it's not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair and disrespect.

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.

I try to impress upon my students the importance of looking, listening... paying attention, in other words. You must pay attention.