Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.

You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.

Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone strikes it, and it falls to ruin all in an instant. And the man learns that he is himself, and not the mirrored man he had believed himself to be.

People don't want other people to be people.

Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.

My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.

There is no limit to stupidity. - Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity.

Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt that thematic closure is never attainable.

Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later.

All time exists. That is the truth.... If the future did not exist now, how could we journey toward it? If the past does not exist still, how could we leave it behind?

We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges.

I have given my word that only death will take me from you.

I know you think I'm crazy. Maybe that's because I am. About life, about this moment, about you.

I wish you self-esteem so high – you're humble.

Regression in grief must be seen and supported as a means toward adaptation and health.

It's not living alone if you keep a rifle under the bed.

The U.S. cannot allow EBOLA infected people back. People that go to far away places to help out are great-but must suffer the consequences!

For certain things, certain audiences, people will laugh. And in other places, there's dead silence. And I enjoy them both. You try to make films where it's never one way - like life.

It’s quite a discipline when we’re in trouble to think of God and say, “I need some help.”

Our history has shown us that the strongest growth in our economy is inclusive, broad-based growth.

Hawke," he said. "That's the word you need to be saying.