S Nelson* Quotes

If life were a novel, then dead would mark the end of the first chapter.

Great men may die, but there ideas won't.

I actually was the accompanist for a couple of the musicals I was in growing up.

I knew Kathy Joosten; we worked together on a very short-lived series called Thanks for CBS.

Providence has given the United States the duty of extending Christian civilization. We come as ministering angels, not despots.

What is best and most necessary usually happens.

I know that money speaks more loudly than need.

I believe such passion-even passion born of fear and anxiety-is far better than a life of banality.

It's a lot easier to write about people when you're not living with them!

We're all human beings with bodily needs living within a system. We don't need to prove that we're not a part of the fabric of the culture in order to want to change it.

I don't ever believe in violence as a kind of medicine.

In life and art, there are distinctions to be made between what an act of cruelty consists of.

The act of sport remains a human act, unrelated to gender.

Competition is about passion for perfection, and passion for other people who join in this impossible quest.

Humility is what we want other people to have.

I discovered that forgiveness is a path to freedom.

Sport has been called the last bastion of male domination. Unfortunately, there are others - Congress, for instance.

Bodybuilding is about making oneself seem larger than life. It's about creating the illusion of perfection.

For every man with a baseball story - a memory of a moment at the plate or in the field - there is a woman with a couldn't-play-baseball story.

The stronger women get, the more men love football.

Competition can damage self-esteem, create anxiety, and lead to cheating and hurt feelings. But so can romantic love.

The facts are in: diverse companies and teams consistently outperform all others. It's not only the smart thing and the right thing, it makes getting the job done much more interesting.

It is the individual artist who must act courageously in an effort to grow.

The actual breakthrough in the privacy of the studio, when one dares to apply paint in a new manner, is a solitary thrill, dependent upon no one else.

Every artist who evolves a style does so from illusive elements that inhabit his or her visual storehouse.

Who doesn't want to go to the Emmys? But it ends up just being really boring.

Whether or not our system of Indian management has been a success during the past ten, fifty, or hundred years is almost answered in the asking.

And money can't buy everything. For example: poverty.

Never eat in a place called 'Mom's'.

It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.

Kate had never been married, so she had no way of knowing if I was a normal husband. This has been good for our marriage.

A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.

I turned to the Times crossword puzzle and asked Kate, “What’s the definition of a moderate Arab?” “I don’t know.” “A guy who ran out of ammunition.

The meaning of life has not much to do with good and evil, right and wrong, duty, honor, country, or any of that. It has to do with cutting the right deal.

I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.

It's much different today than it was during the Cold War. The CIA is not the subject of many books anymore. But that might change, because of international terrorism and Red China.

I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers.

I have no plans to use the Internet as the main subject of a novel.

Ernest Hemingway was the author I drew inspiration from.

I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.

...the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.

Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn’t know me.

It's good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.

Even the most radical Islamic terrorist would not want to see the revered holy city of Medina go up. It would be like losing the Vatican in Rome.

I thought to myself, what is everyone's worst fear? Nuclear terrorism in America.

Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but dont rise to the level of nuclear.

The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.

There is no terra incognito left.

Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.