Interesting doesn't always equal practical, but being practical is always less interesting.

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.

I'm old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.

A lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back.

Opportunities are everywhere. The question is who is going to take advantage of them.

Americans like to make money: Canadians like to audit it. I know no country where accountants have a higher social and moral status.

If I lack awareness, then why should I care what happens to me when I am dead?

After a while, you start to realize that you should write a book you would want to read. I try to write a book I would enjoy.

The man who walks with God always gets to his destination.

Don't be so bitter about a bad experience from your past that you miss the opportunities in front of you.

[I normally go-to] whiskey on the rocks. Or a beer. Or with dinner, a glass of white wine.

There's one blessing only, the source and cornerstone of beatitude: confidence in self.