Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

I hope readers will think that 'The Thing About Life' is beautifully patterned, a tapestry. ”

I'm very drawn to the way in which a life lived can be an art of sorts or a failed art, and a life-lived-told can be art as well. ”

I couldn't tell a story if my life depended on it. I'm the world's worst joke-teller. ”

That's why people read books. You get to have the real conversation, as opposed to the pseudo-conversations we have in everyday life. ”

I'm trying to use myself and my own flawedness as a metaphor for general human experience. I'm trying to 'stand next to' a subject, whether it's Bobby Knight or Vince Carter, and use that subject to meditate on both him and me. ”

I don't know what's the matter with me, why I'm so adept at distance, why I feel so remote from things, why life feels like a rumor. ”

If you love someone who's an addict and their use is life-threatening, you don't wait until they hit bottom because that can mean that they're going to die. You have to do everything you can to get them in treatment. ”

Twelve-step programs require people to accept their powerlessness and turn their lives over to God or another higher power. Many adolescents question religion, and in general teenagers aren't going to turn their lives over to anyone. ”

I like nonfiction books about people with wretched lives. ”

I don't think my life is more interesting than anybody else's. ”