"What helped me was working with my breathing, specifically, using my breathing to stay sharp and focused under pressure and then cool and calm when the pressure was relieved."

“The certainties of one age are the problems of the next.”

Source : R. H. Tawney (2016). “Religion And The Rise Of Capitalism”, p.238, Verso Books

“I wonder if I ever thought of an ideal reader... I guess when I was in my 20s and in New York and maybe even in my early 30s, I would write for my wife Janice... mainly for my poet friends and my wife, who was very smart about poetry.”

“When in doubt, scribble.”

“I do not deny that what happened to us is a thing worth laughing at. But it is not worth telling, for not everyone is sufficiently intelligent to be able to see things from the right point of view.”

“And not a single mark on the Lamborghini. Ha! Eat steel, you soul-sucking bastards! (Kyrian)”

“Including everyone in the economic, wealth-creating life of the nation is today the best way for Labor (Australian Labor Party) to meet its twin goals of raising national prosperity and creating a fair and decent society.”

“I met Patti LuPone and Elaine Paige in a party. I didnt speak too much with Patti, but she was lovely with me.”

“It took a course from me for the Democratic leadership to realize we have an electoral college. 'But we got the popular vote!' Well you can take the MTA from Dorchester to Brookline. That's how far it'll get you.”