...{N}othing is harder for the developing writer than overcoming his anxiety that he is fooling himself and cheating or embarrassing his family and friends.

Mastery is not something that strikes in an instant, like a thunderbolt, but a gathering power that moves steadily through time, like weather.

Just remember, a dark shadow need light to exist but light doesn't need darkness to be luminous.

From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.

I don't think that anything anyone has to say should ever be censored or unheard

I finally found something that can stop the fox. The fox cannot summit Strawberry Hill.” - Takumi

Fame is a form, perhaps the worst form, of incomprehension.

You are not going to know the meaning of God or prayer unless you reduce yourself to a cipher.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge... It's whether our work fulfills us.

Disabled children are equally entitled to an exciting and brilliant future.

As you are, so is the world.

How old is she now?" he asked. "Hard to say. She was a tree for a while. Now she's immortal.