History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events.

My literary career was a fluke. Utterly unexpected.

Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting appeal. The spirit of the game is its own referee.

Storytelling has a narcotic power.

Everyone thinks politics will just go on the way it is. I don't agree.

I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

It is perseverance, and not genius that takes a man to the top. Rome is full of unrecognized geniuses. Only perseverance enables you to move forward in the world.