Any time someone puts a lock on something you own against your wishes, and doesn't give you the key, they're not doing it for your benefit.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

This is why I loved technology: if you used it right, it could give you power and privacy.

Write even when the world is chaotic. You don’t need a cigarette, silence, music, a comfortable chair, or inner peace to write. You just need ten minutes and a writing implement.

The fact is, almost everything you do is collaborative. Somewhere out there, someone else had a hand it it.

Universal access to human knowledge is in our grasp, for the first time in the history of the world. This is not a bad thing.

The big problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity.

We don’t care about what you did yesterday—we care about what you’re going to do tomorrow.

Conversation is king. Content is just something to talk about.

A walk with nature awakens the mind of creativity.

The Admiral so regrets failure, he cannot THINK of success.

If I keep my good character, I shall be rich enough.

Sherard Blaw, the dramatist who had discovered himself, and who had given so ungrudgingly of his discovery to the world.

It is the foregiver who is freed in foregiving.

Divine life is in touch with the whole universe on the analogy of the soul's contact with the body.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

Avoid failing, not only against purity, but even against the least rules of an exact modesty.

The key to power, then, is the ability to judge who is best able to further your interests in all situations. Keep friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent.

I never, never ever make a charge without supporting it. You may not agree with me, but I always offer tremendous amount of support.