All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names.

Why hasn't anyone killed him yet?”“Dumb luck, ” Wit said. “In that I’m lucky you’re all so dumb.

Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.

For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream.

To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way.

All people are musicians" Wit countered. "The question is whether or not they share their songs.

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.

It’s not a lie, ” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

The heavenly Father is hope to the hopeless.

When we're determined to reach an objective, it's the gap between where we are and where we aspire to be that lights a fire under us.

Man sees what he knows, not what he seesShort story, The Mallard

Maturity means being able to tolerate, on all sorts of planes, uncertainty and not knowing.

He carefully maintained the blasé air of one who had been here before and had been incredibly well dressed that time too

I gave up trying to understand people long ago. Now I let them try to understand me!

Every time you have to come up with a new body of work for a new show, you're aware that people are just ready to rip you apart, they're just waiting for you to fall or make the slightest trip up.

Performers may play in the studio, but they need to go out and tour every once in a while to keep their edge, or a performer who is a stranger may be asked to "sit in" on a set.

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.

I don't think you ever learn just one thing. At some point you start unlearning things. I have been working hard to unlearn everything I know.