I find that sometimes if you just sit still, things have a way of finding you before you can find them.

I think if a story has a message it should be incidental and accidental, otherwise it leans too close to indoctrination.

Remember your ancestors, dream of your descendants and work hard while you're living.

All my tales are true, drawn from life, and a life story is not a tidy thing.

A little story is supported by a lot of untold backstory. What they get is more than what they see.

Do I have any recommendations for a Sadiri boys' night out?" I shrugged, smiled, and allowed myself a laugh. "I can come up with somet

You must never tell people their own stories. They have no interest in them, or they think they can tell them better themselves. Give them a stranger's life, and then they're content.

Knowledge is power, I said at last. "Let's do it.

They are nothing but a broken bones crawling in the shadow of the past.

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.

When I look up at the clouds I see so many animals, mostly sheep who have lost their limbs and heads.

Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy!

Goodness shapes our will, and truth shapes our understanding.

Nobody gets to grow old in the America they grew up in.

The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders.

Wine is meant to be with food - that's the point of it.

A "classic" is a book that everybody praises but nobody has read

You're not a failure if you don't make it. You're a success because you tried.