Back then, before it became clear that democracy was best served by a drunken electorate, the bars in New York City were required to close on Election Day.

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.

Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.

The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want to write, the better I do.

Ideas come to people who are receptive to them.

It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.

If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.

I can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me.

Every year there's a few more things I'm not sure of. I've decided that a wide-ranging uncertainty is the mark of the true maturity of man.

I never know what I'm going to write next, and when I think I do I usually turn out to be mistaken.

Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?

Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.

Let the other person save face.

I think the real free person in society is one that's disciplined. It's the one that can choose; that is the free one.

Whenever my water breaks it'll be like a fire hydrant!

At its core, health is simple: eat the right amount for your body, don't ingest chemicals or fake foods, and move more.

Of course we're doing it for the money. We've always done it for the money.

Many excellent cooks are spoilt by going into the arts.

The wise man will want to be ever with him who is better than himself.

I don't know how people will remember this series [of the Twilight Saga] at all. It's crazy how intense people are.

You can't assume the responsibility for everything you do or don't do.