I know always that I am an outsider

..There were two undeniable truths in the Realms: It was very easy to overestimate a drow and even easier to underestimate a dwarf.

It doesn't matter how you conceive of divinity. It only matters that you see it in everything, including yourself.

We all know we're going to die. We're all circling the drain. Some of us are closer than others. I'm 90, I know I'm closer to the drain than most people.

Order means light and peace, inward liberty and free command over one's self; order is power.

Getting on the cover of TIME guarantees the existence of opposition in the future.

There is no time to waste. We must either unite now or perish.

When you work on a text of a lesser quality, as the interpreter or the delivery person, you are obliged to try to fill it out as you see so many people do in lesser work.

When I'm looking for a leader who's going to fight ISIS and keep America secure, I don't want some meek and mild leader or somebody who's going to turn the other cheek.

Surfers are the canaries down the mine. Those of us who surf spend more time than anyone soaking in whatever the sea has become. We're suspended in consequences, you might say.