It's easy to manipulate your children when they're absolutely sure you're stupid.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

Without the spirit of gratitude, no amount of blessings would activate the feeling of happiness in one's mind.

Without business skills, your passion or hobby will not translate into money in your pocket.

By the end of my thirties I was a mental and physical wreck!

There's no more personal issue than gun violence; every one of these stories is a life lost, i'm hoping that over the long term, as I tell these stories, that it will help to open people's eyes.

I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.

There are religions and social and moral awareness in any society that gets passed immediately. Those human truths. All cultures address them.

Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides.

That's what law is: educated guesses at right and wrong.

There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.

Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man's heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.