Asleep she was a painting of a fire. Awake she was the fire itself

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.

Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.

Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

Creativity is a flame that lights up and ignites the senses

We are about the hurried business of living life while missing it in the very process of living it.

I think what is important for things to be funny is if you the listener, or the reader, get a chance to supply the humor of it yourself.

It's rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry.

I'm on the radio because I love hip-hop. I represent that community, but there are so many other aspects to who I am as a person.

I had to figure out how to bring the world into my work.

Quality thoughts will turn their back on you if you don't treat them with respect.

Some philosophical arguments (e.g., in connection with the mind/body problem) look pretty good, while others (e.g., those that criticize moral realism) do not.

I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young.

His Divine Goodness asks that we never do good in any place to make ourselves look important but that we always consider Him directly, immediately, and without intermediary in all our actions.