Life is an aggregate of experience, which continually surprises us.

I don't live in books, but, boy, have books amplified my life.

No one among us suffers the radical appreciation for coffee that I do. It calls to me, but I have learned not to listen.

It surprises me that we're number one. I'm not as surprised to see us in the top ten, but I see people not only in their 20s working out here, but also into their 50s and 60s.

We're excited about having everyone back on campus. There were no surprises for us. Everyone reported and showed up on time. We're excited about the prospects as we get to work today to start following up our 2005 season with even more success.

The literary story is a story that deals with the complicated human heart with an honest tolerance for the ambiguity in which we live. No good guys, no bad guys, just guys: that is, people bearing up in the crucible of their days and certainly not always - if ever - capable of articulating their condition.