Quotes about "Mindfulness & Presence"

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor. ”

I never wanted to be a celebrity writer. I wanted to be a good writer. I'm still trying to be a good writer. That's what gets me out of bed in the morning. ”

I liked Hemingway better before I began to be called 'Hemingwayesque.' ”

I'm a neurotic fiction writer who'd like to be a cowboy. ”

I wrote a lot of 'Driving on the Rim' by giving myself the gift of being just as eccentric as I felt like. ”

I'm certainly afraid of not being able to write for some reason. I guess I've had spells of not necessarily writer's block, but something like that. I find that pretty terrifying. ”

Not long ago, in response to a spell of insomnia, I learned some of the principles of meditation, to empty my mind piece by piece. It was like the old game of jacks - cautiously lifting each jack clear of its neighbor until only the empty background remained. ”

I like to write about the solitary things people do. Humans seem to function best when they're alone. ”

I mean, I like nice girls, and I like people who are generous. ”

My house is solar powered. I tell Republicans, you can hate the subsidies - I hate the subsidies, too - but you can't hate solar panels. These are rocks that make electricity, so they are incapable of receiving your hate. ”