Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up... a lot of people don't have the courage to do it.

The expert in anything was once a beginner.

If you rest, you rust.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.

Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach retirement age seem very admirable to me.

There is only one terminal dignity - love.

When traveling with someone, take large does of patience and tolerance with your morning coffee.

From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

I have an unfounded belief that there is a conspiracy out there creating unsupportable theories.

Think continally about what you want, not about the things you fear.

Girls are like Pokemon, it doesn't matter how good you are, you can't catch any if you don't have any balls.

In some cases non-violence requires more militancy than violence.

Selfishness is weakness. But loving and caring for others is a position of power beyond anything we can possibly imagine.

Don't sleep in the subway, darling.

I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.

I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development.

The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions.

Hominid and human evolution took place over millions and not billions of years, but with the emergence of language there was a further acceleration of time and the rate of change.