I'm always reading, and you learn a lot by reading. When I was twenty-five, I read a lot, but didn't have much reading behind me.

The essence of a novelist is to invent things and speak the truth, at the same time.

That's all that brave means - not thinking about the dangers. Just thinking about what you must do. Of course you were frightened. I was too, today. But you kept your mind on what you had to do.

If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East.

Self is the opaque veil that hides the Face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction.

It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic.

Sometimes language is not enough.

Imagination is the source of all human achievement.

When in doubt or danger, run in circles, scream and shout.

Every day, I wake up and I'm like, "Oh, I'm the star of my own show that has my name in it and I get to write it and hire actors that I've loved for such a long time!" It's amazing!

I've never really been a conservative. I've never really been a Republican, never been any of that. I've only been in it for me. And proof of that is that I will not denounce Trump.

I'll be damned if we don't find the time to get Linux builds done.