"To me, climbing is like eating or drinking. I have to do it; it's part of my life."

“By God, I shall spend the rest of my life getting my heart back, healing and forgetting every scar you put upon me when I was a child. The first move I ever made, after the cradle, was to crawl for the door, and every move I have made since has been an effort to escape.”

Source : Thomas Wolfe, Arlyn Bruccoli, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli (2000). “O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life”, p.538, Univ of South Carolina Press

“I used to say when I was working in the theater that if I ever had five seasons of a hit TV show I'd never have to worry about money and wouldn't have to do anything I didn't want to do.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“I suppose as long as novels last, and authors aim at interesting their public, there must always be in the story a virtuous and gallant hero; a wicked monster, his opposite; and a pretty girl, who finds a champion. Bravery and virtue conquer beauty; and vice, after seeming to triumph through a certain number of pages, is sure to be discomfited in the last volume, when justice overtakes him, and honest folks come by their own.”

“Global climate change has a profound impact on the survival and development of mankind. It is a major challenge facing all countries.”

“I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet.”

“Most jazz players work out their solos, at least to the extent that they have a very specific vocabulary.”

“I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.”

“Every time I find myself stressed out, it's because I do things primarily driven by growth.”