I think the sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.

Doubts are good. Confusion is excellent. Questions are awesome.All these are attempts to expand the wisdom of mind.

Every action triggers a reaction.

In the past, I've visited remote places - North Korea, Ethiopia, Easter Island - partly as a way to visit remote states of mind: remote parts of myself that I wouldn't ordinarily explore.

I'm very thoughtful, and when I make a decision I usually stick to it.

I write books for all age groups - young kids, teenagers and adults - because I get a range of different ideas.

My advice to writers is: READ! A lot. Then read some more. read, read, read, read!

People rise and fall on the basis of the makings of institutions.

Social reforms are never carried out by the weakness of the strong; but always by the strength of the weak.

Great football coaches have the vision to see, the faith to believe, the courage to do - and 25 great players.

Well that's the nicest thing a beer induced hallucination has ever said to me.