I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but writing is what I was meant to do.

All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor.

After all, the only thing that is going to save mankind is if enough people live their lives for something or someone other than themselves.

To me, a writer is one of the most important soldiers in the fight for survival of the human race. He must stay at his post in the thick of fire to serve the cause of mankind.

My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.

Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.

Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises?

You aren't a true husband/man until you've done the work of a wife/women

I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer

The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features.

A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me it is utterly basic, yet it seems like it's a great secret.

The world needs someone they can admire from a distance

Any time you see signs or labels added to a device, it is an indication of bad design: a simple lock should not require instructions.

What drives me is that moment of discovery. I love the unknown.

I didn't really start publishing books until I was 40 because I was busy being a McDonald's employee. So there's always a sense of trying to make up for lost time.

When it comes to meat, change is almost always cast as an absolute. You are a vegetarian or you are not.

I shoot my big mouth off; it just pops up! I have to learn to edit myself.

I gravitate towards sort of broken characters who try to be better people.

You should always challenge yourself, as an actor, to find the connection between you and the character.

One of the blessings that comes with parental territory is that children tug you into experiences you're pretty sure you'd never otherwise contemplate.

Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.