I do not enjoy writing at all. If I can turn my back on an idea, out there in the dark, if I can avoid opening the door to it, I won't even reach for a pencil.

I'm a writer as rarely as possible, when forced by an idea too lovely to let die unwritten

The one thing we fear most is the one thing that is not possible: We cannot die, we cannot be destroyed.

We thought humble and proud at the same time, all at once in love again with this painful bittersweet lovely thing called flight.

What would our lives be like without tests, odds against us, adventure, risk?

Flying prevails whenever a man and his airplane are put to a test of maximum performance.

If we believe that we're separated from someone, though they stand in the same room with us, we're separated. If we believe that we're together, if we believe that they are with us, if we listen through our inner senses, there's a chance we'll hear.