Alan Grant: "There are... far too many words written. Millions and millions of them pouring from the presses every minute. It's a horrible thought." The Midget (his nurse): "You sound constipated.

One would expect boredom to be a great yawning emotion, but it isn't, of course. It's a small niggling thing.

Grant had dealt too long with the human intelligence to accept as truth someone's report of someone's report of what that someone remembered to have seen or been told.

A storm is an artist who passes by on her way to paint your rainbow.

This man has conquered the world! What have you done?"The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, "I have conquered the need to conquer the world.

When people pushes you to end, trust God fully because two things are likely to happen. Either He holds when you fall or teaches you how to fly.

Discovery is the journey; insight is the destination.

Why is it, I wonder, that anyone who displays superior athletic ability is an object of admiration to his classmates, while one who displays superior mental ability is an object of hatred?

I think it is very difficult today to have a reasoned public discourse on any controversial subject. Certainly, election years present a complicating factor.

I am my best friend. Other friends may come and go, but I am always here for me.

I see life as both a gift and a responsibility. My responsibility is to use what God has given me to help His people in need.

I'm strictly a one-project-at-a-time kind of guy. If I came up with a compelling idea for a different book while working on a project, I'd probably abandon the first project and go with the new idea.

Don't beat yourself up over what you could have or should have done. The past is gone. Move on to the future.