Better to cry wolf over and over than never to cry wolf at all.

Despite my vanity, I fear for my sanity.

Generally speaking, books don't cause much harm. Except when you read them, that is. Then they cause all kinds of problems.

Oh, talking is not so bad as that," said the Jester. "True, most people say only silly things when they speak. But it's easier to ignore them if you're saying silly things yourself.

Only bad books have good endings. If a book is any good, it's ending is always bad - because you don't want the book to end.

Whether it’s chocolate or socks, the rule is the same; the darker the better.

Some secrets are meant to be known- but once known you can never forget them.

Not all novelists are power-hungry madman. Some are power-hungry madwomen.

Truth is only stranger than fiction if you're a stranger to the truth. Which means you're either a liar or you're fictional.

Very little in this world makes sense.

Why did so many grown-ups want to be young, she wondered, when it took so long to grow old? It was like going on a million-mile road trip then wanting to turn around without getting out of the car.

My dear cousin has a very odd relationship with fear -- though mostly she's too busy to be bothered with it.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

Some choose to dream with a safety net. I dream with nothing to catch me, that way if I fall nothing can stop me from rising back up.

Mix a little mystery with everything, for mystery arouses veneration.

Everyone has a right to bear arms. If you take guns away from legal gun owners, then the only people who have guns are the bad guys.

The best films of any kind, narrative or documentary, provoke questions.

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

I find myself more and more relying for a solution of our problems on the invisible hand which I tried to eject from economic thinking twenty years ago.

I know the next level for me is to make my teammates better, to win a championship, and to where they have confidence that they can score 20 or 15 points a night and be consistent.

Most people in the world have seen more of me on-screen than my kids have.