I am someone who values truth - actual truth as opposed to 'truthiness.'

Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them.

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

Specificity is the soul of narrative.

I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays.

All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.

I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.

There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting.

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books.

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

One thing I know is true. Try never to abandon hope for if you do, hope will surely try to abandon you.

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

We've all been underestimated at times. That's life.

The most powerful visual in America today is actually the Statue of Liberty.

Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.

If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong.

The miser deprives himself of his treasure because of his desire for it.

I often say that good crisis management is good decision-making under stress.

What is nobler than a man wresting and wringing his bread from the stubborn soil by the sweat of his brow and the break of his back for his wife and children!