Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine

A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.

Keep practicing," he told her."Until I get it right?" she said. But he corrected her."No. Until you don't get it wrong.

If everything is done for me... how will I ever learn?

You can always win points. Winning people’s respect is a lot more important.

It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish.

I will remember this word," he said. "Shenanigans. It is a good word.

I'll be needing a bridesmaid',she said.'A tall one. That way, I'll look more petite and feminine.

Success tended to make the unorthodox acceptable

How can you stay so calm?" It helps if you're terrified.

Sometimes," Halt continued, "we tend to expect a little too much of Ranger horses. After all, they are only human.

Trying to change the outside by making changes to the outside, is like trying to make your lips red in your reflection by putting lipstick on the mirror!

You have to be somebody before you can share yourself.

To break through language in order to touch life is to create or re-create the theater.

I’m planning to stay in politics now, but, you know, George Burns worked until he was 100. I don’t know. I don’t want to be a Senator until I’m honored.

What do you know about music, you're not a lawyer?

The French people need to have all the facts so they can choose. And I won't be running away from it or hiding from it.

Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.

If But for the Mercy of my Lord, that my paradise becomes a woman's hell.

It's through the voice that I tend to figure out the character (and through dialogue that I come to understand other characters).

I like to write about women, not so much about the way they relate to men, but about the way they relate to each other.