“Spirit doesn't retire.”
“Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.”
“If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.”
“Life doesn't do anything to you. It only reveals your spirit.”
“I am not retiring. Writers don't retire. Writers never stop writing.”
“Don’t you think you should retire again? The first retiral seems to have got mislaid.”