Everything is worth more when you have to earn it.

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.

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.

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.

Remember that writing is translation, and the opus to be translated is yourself.

I don't trust them but I'm learning to use them.

The most effective form of activism is kindness.

Oh, I am fortune's fool!

Even with revivals, I dont really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new.

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

The proof of a well-trained mind is that it rejoices in which is good and grieves at the opposite.

Habit is a good thing for the human race. ... You have to spend so much energy just getting through the day when you have no habits that you don't have any left for productive labor.

I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you're thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.

You've got to watch your back. We are targets as basketball payers.