"We can do anything we want. The next time you hear yourself saying, to another-and especially yourself-I Can't, take a deep breath and say instead, My resources are otherwise engaged."

“The worst part is doubt. When you doubt yourself, which we are taught to do, you get lost.”

“The danger of having too close deadlines... It could lead you to just accept an avenue that's not quite good enough.”

“As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest it again. We have a second chance at biting into our experience and examining it. ...This is our life and it's not going to last forever. There isn't time to talk about someday writing that short story or poem or novel. Slow down now, touch what is around you, and out of care and compassion for each moment and detail, put pen to paper and begin to write.”

“History is what scholars and conquerors say happened; story is what it was like to live on the ground.”

Source : Christina Baldwin, Ann Linnea (2010). “The Circle Way: A Leader in Every Chair”, p.144, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

“Here and elsewhere we shall not obtain the best insight into things until we actually see them growing from the beginning.”

“I'd rather have a part where you walk into a room and you leave. That's perfect for me.”

“Kitchen Physic is the best Physic.”

“Nothing is a violent as football and I bet you like. Just say you don't like it, or can't identify, don't come up with excuses like "It's too violent" while you wear some team's NFL jersey.”

Source : "The Chat House with Michael Wilbon: Michigan State, Tiger Woods, Great Sports Movies and More". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. April 6, 2009.