Laboring toward distant aims sets the mind in a higher key and puts us at our best.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

There's no book that absolutely everyone loves.

Sympathy is two hearts tugging at one load.

Purpose is what gives life meaning.

Home interprets heaven. Home is heaven for beginners.

All true manliness grows around a core of divineness.

All great discoveries are made by men whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.

Faith is the heroism of the intellect.

Virtue is safe only when it is inspired.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is likely to be corrupted by the company he keeps.

He had never looked at me before, never, and the idea made my skin burn.

If something is well-written, it has a chance to be good and if it's not well-written, it will not be good. It could even become popular, but it won't be good.

I like being at home with my music and my books. I’ve done all the partying, I’ve done enough partying for four or five people as a young fella. But now I like the quiet life.

I just love variety. I love being able to do different things. Do period pieces and sci-fi. I love being able to move between genres and be flexible.

A good coach improves your game. A great coach improves your life.

The plan of "counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age.

Although I still occasionally paint and draw, my life has now been shaped by my writing.

Everything you draw is influenced. It's like yogurt. You need a little bit to start the next batch.

I'm still a person, a human being, no matter what religion I am.

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.