But one must go where one's road leads, even when it's a distressing road.

Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward.

When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour.

When you steal from the library, you are preventing anyone else from reading that book, and the very notion makes me want to drop you in the Void.

One day you'll discover that the opinions of worthless people are worthless.

Happy children do not seem to grow up to be writers.

Information is power. --Humfrey

All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.

SF is the literature of the theoretically possible, and F is the literature of the impossible.

Obviously it could be, because it was.

For our stories are not yet finished, and perhaps will never be.

Our connections to the Oneness of the Universe/God are both physical/atomic matter and nonphysical spiritual/energy.

The reality is that the Lord never calls the qualified; He qualifies the called.

The responsibility of the artist is to transcend the human ego.

People need to believe that they can participate fully in the decisions that affect their lives and have a stake in the societies in which they live

You need to let yourself feel. Feel it, own it. Then move on

Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God

As for me, then, I love life and cultivate it just as God has been pleased to grant it to us.

Nathaniel Philbrick's 'In the Heart of the Sea' has rightfully taken its place as a classic for its literary merits. It has a special place in the cannibalism canon as well.

I'm a moviemaker, not a documentarian. I try to hit the truth.

There's a long tradition of people from the South living in New York City.