Literature is. . . a game, but it's a game one can put one's life into.
When your enemy's making mistakes, don't interrupt him.
How can you not be romantic about baseball?
The idea that I [should] trust my eyes more than the stats, I don't buy that because I've seen magicians pull rabbits out of hats and I know that the rabbit's not in there.
No matter how successful you are, change is always good.
I made one decision in my life based on money and I swore I would never do it again.
You have to face reality some time. But there's no sense in facing it until somebody forces you to.
I'm not one for big public displays of affection, anyway. Straight, gay, whatever.
Do you see the irony at all, Tristan?’ I stare at him and shake my head. He seems determined not to speak again until I do. ‘What irony?’ I ask eventually, the words tumbling out in a hurried heap. ‘That I am to be shot as a coward while you get to live as one.
I'm always trying to complicate things. For some reason I'll go, "Well, maybe I can get that in," and stuff like that. I always make it really hard for myself.
For those who were desperate, my camera became an object of hope (. . . )Throughout my year-long coverage of the monsoon world, my strongest conviction was that I was involved in the fundamentals of life.