If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table?

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

... have a smile for everyone you meet and a plan to kill them.

There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.

Incredible brilliance often dwells on the razor's edge of madness.

There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.

Al Qaeda doesn't abide by the Geneva Conventions, so in my opinion, they should not be afforded the protections of them.

I am indeed honored to call him my friend.

Less really is more. It's a tendency of beginning writers to want to prove what they're talking about by going too far with description. I think you've got to keep it short, crisp and clean

Your best dreams happen when you wake up.

I stopped writing in a way they would understand because it wasn’t for them or even him. It was for I to understand, for I to make sense, and for I to let go of it.

Not now” easily grows to become “never”

I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.

A writer survives in spite of his beliefs.

There are people that say they will do better but they never do better. They have no power in them to do better until they come to Christ.

You must either give up your sins or give up all hope of heaven.

Those who practice deserve your respect. If you respect them, you respect yourself. It's easy to be critical, but it does no good. What's important is to be supportive of all who practice.

There's never a benefit to bragging too much about a deal because the only sure thing is that I'm probably going to be dealing with that same general manager or that same person over and over again.

I love all things Queen - their songs are epic storytelling.