I cannot separate the man you are now from the boy you were then, and it's killing me. I wanted everything for you, son.I still do.

When you were a child, I didn't tell you about the evil in the world, all that lay in wait.

The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all.

Things of today? Deeds which are harvest for Eternity!

Don't forget to balance optimism with fact and belief with reality.

I always individuate myself from other writers who say they would die if they couldn't write. For me, I'd die if I couldn't read.

I want my world to be fun.

Reintegrating the brain into the rest of the body is absolutely essential to having the kind of long-term health and substantially lower cost [of care] than if you're going to treat them separately.

Okay. Look, why don't you take care of the half a million things you've been letting dangle in Roarke's Empire of Everything?" "Catchy title. I may use it one day.

I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something.

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

I'm not a violent person and I don't hit people.