If he didn't get out of here - right now - Harrier was either going to break into hysterical laughter or strangle somebody.

Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.

If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.

The hatched chick cannot go back to the shell, the falcon who has found the sky does not willingly sit the nest.

Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he said flaty. Yes. No. I don't know. I...Yes. No.

Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.

Assume the attitude of prayer, and in time, the attitude will become prayer.

Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat.

Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.

It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.

Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth). Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear.

When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.

I was born to murder the world.

The true writer must write not the acceptable but the true.

The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow.

You have never loved me. You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.

When you have humor, you have a base for collaboration. It is very important.

Let those who know know, and let me keep what little privacy I can.

I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not an analyst, and they're not in psychotherapy. Unless it's a film where they're in therapy.