I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college.

All you umpires, back to the bleachers. Referees, hit the showers. It's my game. I pitch, I hit, I catch. I run the bases. At sunset, I've won or lost. At sunrise, I'm out again, giving it the old try.

The one sure way I can dishonor myself is by worrying about my reputation.

I often wonder if God recognizes His own son the way we've dressed him up, or is it dressed him down?

The autumn leaves blew over the moonlit pavement in such a way as to make the girl who was moving there seem fixed to a sliding walk, letting the motion of the wind and the leaves carry her forward. [...] The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain.

We're all watching each other, so there's no chance for censorship. The main problem is the idiot TV. If you watch local news, your head will turn to mush.

It's lack that gives us inspiration. It's not fullness.