Graphic design will save the world right after rock and roll does.

Dont confuse legibility with communication. Just because something is legible doesnt mean it communicates and, more importantly, doesnt mean it communicates the right thing.

Invite the reader to participate by deciphering. Chaos can attract and engage.

You have to utilize who you are in your work. Nobody else can do that: nobody else can pull from your background, from your parents, your upbringing, your whole life experience.

If you have no intuitive sense of design, then call yourself an "information architect" and only use Helvetica.

It's not about knowing all the gimmicks and photo tricks. If you haven't got the eye, no program will give it to you.

Don't confuse legibility with communication.

Just because something is legible doesn't mean it communicates...

Never mistake legibility for communication.

You'll see everything from gold teeth to hood ornaments. It's almost like Halloween during August.

The station was tight, aggressive ... the deejays at times sounding as if they were broadcasting at gunpoint.

The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend.

Bean felt a rush of sweet nostalgia for the woman who had introduced us to E. Nesbit and Edward Eager and Laura Ingalls Wilder...

There Are No Secrets of Success, It Is The Result of Preparation, Hard Work And Learning From Failures...

Continue to fight until you win

My scars show pain and suffering, but they also show my will to survive. They're part of my history that'll always be there.

What are children anyway? Midget drunks. They greet you in the morning by kneeing you in the face and talking gibberish. They can't even walk straight.

I really feel like I haven't had a job. Playing [baseball] and then doing television. I watched my mom clean houses and stuff, so that's work.

There's a special gut-check moment the first time you write a scene in which somebody casts a spell.

I'll take any vampire fans I can get. Dracula isn't a serial killer story.

I said no to having a beer. I once had a beer with my brother when I was twelve, and I just didn't like it. It's really that simple for me. [pp.37]