I think that nonexistent mythological creature just broke some of your toes," Jack said. Oh, shut up," said Charles

Bad things can happen, and often do--but they only take up a few pages of your story; and anyone can survive a few pages.

If you really want to do something, no one can stop you. But if you really don’t want to do something, no one can help you

Don't ascribe to evil what can be attributed to well-intentioned stupidity.

Sometimes a catastrophe is simply a course correction.

If everything in the past has value, then there’s no reason for regret, ever.

I'm a conundrum. Or an enigma. I forget which.

Your ability to shape your destiny is directly proportional to your belief that it is a matter of will and determination--however much or little that belief may be.

If I can't joke about imminent death, then I might as well just resign.

Just because I'm a murdering, thieving, cowardly, traitorous sort doesn't mean I can't do my job properly.

All stories are true. But some of them never happened.

We’re stars, you know. Different, distant, young and old, but we’re all made of the same stuff. We all shine just as bright as the next.

Act like everyone you meet is an angel, because sometimes they will be an angel. Would you cuss out that person if you knew that they were an angel that was about to save your life in a few seconds?

We know what we are but know not what we may be.

I reduced painting to its logical conclusion and exhibited three canvases: red, blue, and yellow. I affirmed: this is the end of painting.

Rock and roll seems to have had a mellowing in the business where it got harder to sell individual records and make money doing that.

I think, as a white person, I do not want to speak for a black person.

I specialize in what the French call la petite histoire. I am interested in the individual thumbprint.

This isn't a hunt that's going to kill just four or five gray whales. The repercussions of this will have an effect on tens of thousands of whales that will be killed by the Japanese and Norwegians.

Stokes gets a straight yellow for that challenge.

Sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.