I get up at an unholy hour in the morning my work day is completed by the time the sun rises. I have a slightly bad back which has made an enormous contribution to American literature.

Once you've decided that something's absolutely true, you've closed your mind on it, and a closed mind doesn't go anywhere. Question everything. That's what education's all about.

I've looked at the world for quite a few years now and I've found that if I don't laugh, I'll probably end up crying." - Prince Kheldar of Drasnia

As soon as somebody falls in love, all the wits seem to dribble out of the bottom of his head.

When love is involved no sacrifice is too great.

The only reason there's such a thing as a morning in the first place is to keep night and afternoon from bumping into each other. -Kheldar

No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.

As long as I know that my motives are good, I'm Seldom very concerned with the opinions of others. -Mandorallen, Baron of Vo Mandor.

...only in the surrender of the light could the darkness prevail.

As soon as a friendship passed a certain point - some obscure and secret boundary - a woman quite automatically became overwhelmed by a raging compulsion to complicate things.

Now's the time to be alive - to see it all happen, to be a part of it. That makes the blood race, and each breath is an adventure.

But all I really learned is that money is powerful enough to bend the rules. Rhiannon:0, Dad:1.

The greatest moments are right in front of you.

Try and endeavor almost have the same interpretation, but in one meaningful difference. Who doesn't try to get his goals, should endeavor more than just try. (Tora-Bora mountains)

The satisfactions people derive from what they do are determined to a large degree by their self-evaluative standards

There is this stereotype of Icelanders all believing in spirits, and I've played up to that a bit in interviews.

The love of the art is what keeps me going. It's that sound that runs through my bones.

Dating is a give and take. If you only see it as "Taking," you are not getting it.

If you want an honest dialogue, you can't criticize someone for what they say. You can't teach someone to think in a certain way.

The whole of heraldry and of chivalry is in courtesy. A man of fine manners shall pronounce your name with all the ornament that titles of nobility could ever add.

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.