“This is the difference between a pastime and a passion. I like to play golf, but I am not a golfer. I like to cook, but I am not a chef. I don’t just like to run. I am a runner. It is a passion”

I am not somebody who just likes to run. I am a runner.

For something to hurt that bad, and feel so good, it’s just inexplicable.

It is part of who I am and is woven into the fabric of my personality, character, and psyche.

I love controlling a race, chewing up an opponent.

You are truly your own hero in running. It is up to you to have the responsibility and self-discipline to get the job done.

Let’s get down and dirty. Let’s fight it out. It’s raw, animalistic, with no one to rely on but yourself. There’s no better feeling than that.

My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.

There’s one major difference between James Bond and me. He is able to sort out problems!

The first idea the child must acquire is that of the difference between good and evil.

You know, I have several projects coming up between 2014 and 2015, and hopefully by 2015, I’ll have another hour of stand-up material where I’ll be able to go on the road and tour again.

The only true measure of success is the ratio between what we might have done and what we might have been on the one hand, and the thing we have made and the things we have made of ourselves on the other.

Green’ issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.

The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.