I like power and I like to use it.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.

Readiness for opportunity makes for success. Opportunity often comes by accident; readiness never does.

I will not deny that there are men in the district better qualified than I to go to Congress, but gentlemen, these men are not in the race.

Don't try to go too fast. Learn your job. Don't ever talk until you know what you're talking about... If you want to get along, go along.

Let the other fellow get the headlines. I'll take the laws.

There's no education in the second kick of a mule

Poverty only tries men's souls. It is loneliness that breaks the heart.

There are no degrees in honorableness. You either are or you aren't.

I want to be spoiled like a child. Cry to my heart's content. But I can only suppress my feelings.

I saw that my best work was my most personal work, which is odd, because my fiction is very far afield and has nothing to do with my life.

My carbs kick in at dinner, which makes no sense.

Phoenix, Arizona: an oasis of ugliness in the midst of a beautiful wasteland.

I guess when I really think about it, God's voice sounds a lot like my voice.

Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed: everything else is public relations.

There are two worlds: the world of the tourist and the world of everyone else. Often they're side by side. But the tourist doesn't actually see how people live.

You think we stand a chance? (Delphine) Like an icicle on the equator. (Phobos)

Private Victory precedes Public Victory. Algebra comes before calculus.

People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it's worth it, and it's a great thing.