“Of your life, you sleep one third, work one third, and worry one third. If you want to change your life, what third would you change?”
“No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference.”
“I'm just giving you some spiel, the ludicrous plot of a novel, a story I invented to touch your heart—one-third bullshit, one-third booze, and one-third genuine tenderness, you know the kind of thing.”
“It was one thing to sacrifice your own life for someone else's. It was another thing entirely to bring into the mix a third party - a third party who knew you, who trusted you implicitly.”
“Save one-third, live on one-third, and give away one-third”
“Writing is one-third imagination, one-third experience, and one third observation.”