It was never a big leap from "unfamiliar" to "suspected

All nights end, and all storms clear. The only storms that last are those within your own soul.

Clarity is often found in stillness.

We best teach what we ourselves have learned.

The wise man understands his weakness and seeks to find a lesson from it. The fool lets it control and destroy him.

I really do enjoy getting out to meet my readers. Writing is such a solitary business, it's gratifying to thank folks in person and really connect as human beings and not just words on a screen.

Fear makes people do cruel things, things they'll be ashamed of later

It's an old and honored tradition for war heroes to be promoted to important offices, whether or not they're suited to it

With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.

The purpose of employment is not to make money

Walking in shoes bigger than your feet, will inspire gravity to pull you down." Let's be grateful for what fits us...for what we have.

Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.

I've always played 'NBA Live' since I was a kid, so to be on the cover is a blessing.

Next year I'm going to be a guesting soloist with orchestras all over Europe, to start off with.

As it grows ever more complicated today, musical art seeks out combinations more dissonant, stranger, and harsher for the ear. Thus, it comes ever closer to the noise-sound.

And the '99 finals at the French - if I had won that one easily, no one would have talked about it.

Remember what Simonides said, that he never repented that he had held his tongue, but often that he had spoken.

I drink at least five bottles of water a day and always get eight hours of sleep.