Movies are too literal.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.

A flower that grows in the shade of another blooms slowly.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Really, anyone can learn how to fly. If you can drive a bus, you can fly an airplane.

The sad truth is the truth is sad.

Justice waits upon the great, Interest holds the scale, and Riches turns the balance.

I would say that when you have a big dream or you're trying to solve a big problem, there will always be people who tell you that you can't. Here's my advice: don't listen.

A study in Illinois in the mid-1990s found that 65 percent of businesses were hurt by the proximity of gambling

The river and the sea can be kings of a hundred valleys, because they lie below them.

Ritual is important to us as human beings. It ties us to our traditions and our histories.