I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I've visited over 90 countries thus far.

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.

There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

To be successfull you need friends and to be very successfull you need enemies.

A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.

My son, do not forget your father's instructions.

The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century.

Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review.

I think that talent, good songwriting and passion, will always outlast hype.

The single biggest mistake that most beginners make is putting 100% of their effort into the positive (concentric) part of the rep, while paying no attention to the negative (eccentric) segment

If you wish to produce a perfect rose, you must cut off the other buds which are spoiling the growth of the perfect flower.

'The prison' begins well before its doors. It begins as soon as you leave your house - and even before.

We can constitutionally extirpate slavery at this time.

Luck assists fortune, you need to catch the moment. Otherwise the opportunity fades.

Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favourable do nothing.