Double, treble, quadruple bubble, watch the stock market get into trouble.

Fish and fowl, warm sun and shady trees, the field mice in the wheat, under the cool light of the moon.

It's always better to be doing.

Fear and realisation of ignorance, strong medicines against stupid pride.

There is never one absolutely right thing to do. All you can do is honor what you believe, accept the consequences of your own actions, and make the best out of what happens.

Sometimes it is easier to see the light when you stand partly in the darkness.

I am Abhorsen..." He looked at the baby again and added, almost with a note of surprise, "Father of Sabriel

Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?

I love you," he whispered. "I hope you don't mind.

A hundred hundred heartbeats..." whispered Sabriel, tears falling down her face.

The visions are fragmented and a dark cloud spreads like spilt ink across the pages of possible futures.

Creativity is a unique characteristics that a person can posses from his or her own knowledge when he or she is creating changes in society that can benefit a vast amount of people.

I get nice letters, but really I have no idea. I just try to enthuse people. You've been married for 31 years.

Like most authors, I also love to read.

I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.

I believe it is my obligation to tell the story of the civil rights movement to the next generation.

Don't look at the big picture as the only achievement. Start with set, smart goals and work up to something bigger.

Wishing is not acting. But willing is acting.

I don't compromise my values and I don't compromise my work. That's why I've been kicked from one network to the next: I won't give in.

But I think the majority of cows, and even more so chickens and pigs, are leading pretty miserable lives.

Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics.