Everyone can be awesome if they want it bad enough. And I don't believe that anyone wants to be average. I think everybody desires greatness, at least at some point in their life.

Books are a staircase to unknown worlds.

You need to believe in your passion, no matter how stupid or insane that might make you look to the rest of the world.

Being awesome really comes down to having confidence.

What do you want for your life? And how are you going to get it? Figure that out. And then follow me to gloryville.

Fantasy stories will always be popular, as there are always readers who are willing to escape, freely, to the worlds that the authors create, and spend time with the characters we give life to.

A book can open the mind, free the heart, and speak to the soul.

Most of the awesome people I know are just normal people who were insanely driven.

The best thing about money is not worrying about money.

Do not pick up the pen unless you understand how heavy it is, and how long you may carry it for.

To me, pain means you're pushing your body to give you everything its got.

Turn down things that are in consistence with your priorities.

I was too young to know how to love her.

Presidential elections always turn on personalities, they turn on how campaigns are run, they turn on natural desires for change.

Everyone of my generation who preached free love is responsible for AIDS.

Always be humble enough to learn something new. Otherwise, it's only a matter of time before your knowledge becomes outdated.

Even in a perfect world where everyone was equal. I'd still own the film rights and be working on the sequel.

After several minutes, picture that your entire body is merging with the blue sky. Feel that you have become the infinite blue sky that stretches endlessly in every direction.

I have a faithful joy and a joy that is lost. One is like a rose, the other, a thorn. The one that was stolen I have not lost.

With a tone so rich, I would never be afraid of the dark. Steinway is the only and the best!

A man of many seasons and many rainbows - there are so many dimensions of celebration.