“God is like, ‘I’m with you up to about thirty-eight.’ After that, God says, ‘If you want to stay, you can stay. But I’m moving on.’”

“We labor into life and we labor out of life. All of us are born with life and death walking next to us.”

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”

“To do good work one must eat well, be well housed, have one’s fling from time to time…and drink one’s coffee in peace.”

“I don’t think every old person is wise, and I don’t think you automatically get wise when you’re old. You have to want it, You have to pursue it.”

“Never give up on something that you can’t go a day without thinking about.”