My advice is to write about what you are interested in. If you read science fiction and fantasy, then write in that genre. If you read romance novels, then try writing one.

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.

In tears, we labour for what we want.

Stop complaining. Be grateful for every circumstance.

There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies.

Dreaming's great as long as you wake up now and again

Culture is a slingshot moved by the force of its past

No advantages in this world are pure and unmixed.

Participating in the newest communications technologies becomes compulsory if you want to remain part of the culture.

The principals in elegantly simple. We learn to love by being loved, we learn gentleness by being gentled, we learn to be graceful by experiencing the feeling of grace.

If Bono left, we could carry on. If I left, we'd be screwed.

Just an intention to be free makes you immediately free!