Most writers, I'm afraid, live very boring lives sitting in front of a screen. However, having said that: every writer puts a bit of themselves into the characters to bring them alive.

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

He who retreats lives longer.

The truth is that there are such things as Christian tears, and too few of us ever weep them.

Control what you can. Influence what you should. Forget the rest.

You got a gun, you don't have to work out.

I just want to be me and play golf.

You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false.

I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.

The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

The real secret of magic is that there is no magic.

It doesn't matter who you are, if you've got the legs, you can hang with them.

Everyone knows what the Masters is, even if you're a non-golfer. People know what Wimbledon is. They know what the Super Bowl is. There are certain events that people just know about.