Just as nature abhors a vacuum, humans resist change. Change will occur; vacuums will be filled.

I am honest; I try to be truthful. I like people and wish us well. We are not always deserving of our own best wishes.

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 really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

I think that too many strangers were in her [Nina Simone's] life, and not enough people that she knew and loved.

I have not tried to tell the people anything. I have shared my views with the people but I have not tried to lead or correct them, assuming they need correction.

Nothing improves your writing, I think, as much as your keeping writing.