We realize we can't have everything, and so begins the mad dash to have everything else.

Are you an artist? Look about you. Is there a physical tool whose use you have mastered, a part of your body that responds utterly to your control? Is your motive esthetic? If so, you are an artist. If not, you are probably a writer.

Family life is a bit like a runny peach pie - not perfect but who's complaining?

The trick to getting things done is to list things to do in doable order.

My quest for cosmic understanding is a book I have picked up and put down many times, always forgetting to insert a bookmark.

You start making progress in life when you realize that you don't always have to resume where you left off.

If you understand compound interest, you basically understand the universe.