I like the idea that people get engaged thinking about design, about creativity. I don't see how it could possibly be bad.

Orchid hunting is a mortal occupation.

I think of myself as something of a connoisseur of procrastination, creative and dogged in my approach to not getting things done.

Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.

You have to simply love writing, and you have to remind yourself often that you love it.

Libraries are what is best about us as a society: open, exciting, rich, informative, free, inclusive, engaging.

One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day.

A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.

An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain.

There's a marvelous sense of mastery that comes with writing a sentence that sounds exactly as you want it to.

Even after I'd published three books and had been writing full-time for twenty years, my father continued to urge me to go to law school.

Do not envy the success of any person. But set your goal on a successful guy. Then this will make you succeed.

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.

The tech folks have seen WiFi as the way to untether. And what better reason to untether than entertainment content? So there's nobody better positioned than the in-home Wi-Fi purveyor.

I'm the greatest in this world.

The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance to be accidental.

Imora thea mi savur," Ash whispered under his breath in Atlantean. God save me from love.

I always believe someone somewhere is working harder than me and that motivates me to work harder, give 100%.

With great effort comes great gratification.

I was built with a love of the night and the unquiet coffin.