“If you write enough, you begin to learn to do things. But in a way, yo...” — James Salter Quote

“If you write enough, you begin to learn to do things. But in a way, you do start from zero each time.”

“Life passes into pages if it passes into anything.”

“People have reflected on the quality of time ever since they've been writing. I suppose I have thought about and written about the question of living in the present - but it only lasts for an instant, and then everything becomes the past. The future, you know nothing about, except for some anticipations you have.”

“Shakespeare is renewed each time you see it or read it. I've seen 'Midsummer Night's Dream' so many times, and each time it's a little different, or a different line leaps out at me. It's like re-reading a good book over and over, always noticing something you hadn't seen the time before - and that's rare.”

“Each time I wear the Azzurri shirt... it's indescribable.”

“I hate personal competition, and so each time in my career I came in a field where it was highly competitive, I gave up.”