I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work.

I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.

Build bridges, not walls.

Happiness is not a reward. It's a consequence. You have to work at it every day.

Death is easy. To live is the most painful thing I could imagine and I'm weak and no longer willing to fight.

A good life is the result of a thousand small choices and so is a bad one.

SPIKE: I’m a biker, babe. It’s in my blood to get what I want.

Business art is the step that comes after Art. I started as a commercial artist, and I want to finish as a business artist.

When it feels like we need to choose between being right and being humble- pick both

AIDS destroys families, decimates communities and, particularly in the poorest areas of the world, threatens to destabilize the social, cultural, and economic fabric of entire nations.

I've read all the "Game of Thrones" books many times over, so I sometimes find it easier being on set, because it can be hard to get out of character.

Like nature, our economic system remains, in the long run, stable and rational...We welcome the inevitable seasons of our economy! How foolish of us.