Books are growing more honest at a younger age, and the world is becoming less warm and fuzzy. Or at least the monsters are out in the open.

You know what guys do? They stand up for people. You know why? Two reasons. It's right. And it feels good. Even if the person doesn't know what you did. Maybe especially then.

Let's face it - with a few exceptions, nobody likes anybody.

Athlete or not, I’m going to make sure you know how to read.

Part of the writer's task is to recognize what he's done, then dive back in and make the connections clearer. I'm a strong believer in getting things right the ninth or tenth time.

It’s just as easy to lie to yourself as it is to lie to other people. Maybe easier.

Reciprocity is not mandatory.

See Scott run, Run Scott run. See Scott die, No such luck.

She never said, "No, don't buy that trash," or "Pick a real book." She knew they were all real books. This is how great a librarian she was. And how great a mom.

I totally don't know what to do." He got up and started pacing. "Am I supposed to get you a present? Or maybe a card. I'm completely lost.

Without turning on the light, I went to my bed and lay down, my arm thrown across the mattress, my hand aching because Grace wasn't underneath it

One of the things we found out as we filmed with people who dealt with chimps, and with all animals, and it's really incredible, is their levels of intelligence that we don't recognize right away.

That is the wearisome part of business - there is no peace, no sense of certain, permanent achievement, no stability. The unexpected, and usually the awful, is forever happening.

Lord, give me the wisdom to know what's right and the courage to do what's right-even when it's hard.

Books are dead men talking.

It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.

If you fail the first time that's just a chance to start over again.

I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think.

With the best equipment in the world the man with poor judgment is in mortal danger.

Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath.