[H]e lay awake, dreading the dawn when he would have to say good-bye to the small universe he had built for himself over the years.

He lost himself in the words and images conjured in his mind and for a while forgot ... He found himself flying among stars and planets ...

Now he knew that any memories he might cherish during the last years of his life would be only fictions from a biography he'd never lived.

Anyone who has gone through great suffering is bound to have a greater sympathy and understanding of the problems of mankind.

I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.

You might be a redneck if your wife wants to stop at the gas station to see if they've got the new Darrell Waltrip Budweiser wall clock.

There was surely nothing to indicate at the time that such evidently small incidents would render whole dreams forever irredeemable.

I take politics only medicinally, as a cure of occasional attacks of insomnia.

I've always been way more attracted to playing imposing characters than the hero. I've always been more intrigued by Iago in Shakespeare than playing Romeo. That was always boring to me.

Everything comes in time to him who knows how to wait.

There is an implied warranty that a commissioned work should last a lifetime. There is to be no charge.

Just playing more, I'm more comfortable. A big part is the boys are giving me a lead a lot of nights. Playing more has just let me be more comfortable in different situations in the game.

I love to hear stories about people who got to places where they are today. Those kinds of things are very interesting to me.