“Concentration is that ability to not think about anything.”

“I'd walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play baseball.”

“If you don't want anyone to know anything about you, don't write anything.”

“I used to think I knew all the answers. Then I thought I knew maybe a few of the answers. Now I'm not even sure I understand the questions. Nobody knows anything.”

“To see certain things, you have to be lying on your back with tears in your eyes and a scalding potato in your mouth. It's possible, I think, that you have to be hurt to see anything at all.”

“Well, normally I’m against big things. I think the world is going to be saved by millions of small things. Too many things can go wrong when they get big.” — Pete Seeger (on how he felt about attending his big 90th birthday bash last year)”

“It’s important to understand that a writer’s love for creation is only surpassed by their love of having the ability to dramatically affect the lives of their readers.”