Hurt is a great teacher, maybe the greatest of all.

A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.

Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

The most powerful words in English are, "Tell me a story.

I can forgive almost any crime if a great story is left in its wake.

I have built a city from the books I've read. A good book sings a a timeless music that is heard in the choir lofts, and balconies, and theaters that thrived within that secret city inside me.

Only a man could come up with something so ruthless, so essentially stupid and yet brutally effective.

Part of the urge to explore is a desire to become lost.

She wanted to be remembered for doing something great. And her greatest fear was of being completely forgotten.

Humility and open-mindedness are a shield to keep your foot out of your mouth.

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and think of what could go right.

Obviously, I can't perform; admittedly, I'm terrible.

If fooles should not foole it, they shall lose their season.

You want a CEO that understands they need to build a team around them that's sharper and smarter than they are.

After a lifetime of swimming upstream, I am convinced that one of the real secrets to Wal-mart's phenomenal success has been that very tendency.

It's not that the film is violent, it's that people have an issue with violence right now.