It's what the reader thinks that counts.

I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there's a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.

You've got to try everything once, except those things you don't like, or that involve a lot of effort and getting up early.

Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.

Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

The impossible lives next door to the possible; people ring its door bell by accident all the time.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.

Storytellers seldom let facts get in the way of perpetuating a legend, although a few facts add seasoning and make the legend more believable.

The only person that you should live your life competing against, is nobody else but your old self.

After losing LaRoche, I have to step up a little bit. I have to do what I need to do.

What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together?

My popularity, my happiness and sense of worth depend to no small extent upon my skill in dealing with people.

Well clearly Graeme it all went according to plan, what was the plan exactly ?

Lev smiles. "Leave it to you to turn someone else's screwup into gold

Do I dazzle you? - Edward Frequently - Bella

Because ALS is underfunded, patients have had no option but to fade away and die. That is not OK.

There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.