In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.

The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering-that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.

There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.

It does not pay a prophet to be too specific.

Speech sounds can be analyzed into fundamental units called phonemes; these move around like protozoa in a drop of water, and, like protozoa, join together and split up.

It was always this way: The more people talked, the more they obscured. You didn't need to argue for the truth. You could see it.

There are no makers of peace because the making of peace is at least as costly as the making of war - at least as exigent.

Government is not peaceful; it is inherently coercive.

When a prisoner sees the door of his dungeon open, he dashes for it without stopping to think where he shall get his dinner outside.

Anxious care is out of place in a heavenly Father's presence.

If you're going through hell, don't stop, keep moving!

Only those who dare may fly

Anderson Cooper every night dreams about getting my job permanently really.

Beck said he didn't believe in the theory of a song coming through you as if you were an open vessel. I agree with him to a certain extent.

Your body is only the garage for your soul.