"It has nothing to do with the time being right or wrong. Storms just happen."

“I admire those who trust and are trustworthy.”

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

“I found with poetry that I couldn't keep it up. I was too vulnerable. Maybe I was too aware of the audience. And I had impossibly high standards that I could never approach. So there was always a sense of being a failure, and of being vulnerable.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“Every donation received is a potential negative ad. Vetting money is just as important as raising it.”

“Draughtsmen may be made, but colourists are born.”

“Writing is a vessel...with readers the ocean and authors as its sails...”

“I am very happy to announce my renewal with HRC. I had always dreamed about being part of the Repsol Honda Team, and thanks to Honda, the dream came true a year and a half ago. Everything happened very quickly last season, and I would have never imagined that I could achieve what we did. Becoming World Champion during my first s eason was another dream turned into reality. It is a great honor to be a part of the Honda family, and I'm glad to remain with this special group of people for another two seasons.”

“Sufficiency isn't two steps up from poverty or one step short of abundance. It isn't a measure of barely enough or more than enough. Sufficiency isn't an amount at all. It is an experience, a context we generate, a declaration, a knowing that there is enough, and that we are enough.”

“I have never taken any substance to enhance my performance.”

Source : "Sprinters say doctor helped get their drugs / Bay Area psychiatrist says he did sporadic consulting for Conte". Interview with Seth Rosenfeld, www.sfgate.com. February 21, 2005.