No matter how long you spend at creation, you're always a student.

The world would be a better place if people stopped voting for folksy candidates they could have a beer with and started voting for people smarter than they are.

I didn't want to just write a series - I wanted to write an epic, on story that spans three books, where decisions made in the first impact the last.

Stephen King is open about the fact that he continues to learn the craft, and if King hasn't got it figured out yet, what the hell hope have the rest of us got?

Personally, one of the most helpful things I learned was three-act structure. For my first four or so novels, I built the structure intuitively.

Hollywood is a deeply odd place. There are so many factors that have to go perfectly, so many schedules and visions that have to snap together for a film even to be made, much less be good.

I'm always geeking out about something.

He never realized how noisy American silence was until all the gadgets died.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.

There is no man more complete than the one who travelled a lot, who changed the shape of his thoughts and his life twenty times.

Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.

Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality.

Perfect love was that kind of love that made no sense but made everything else make sense somehow. It was raw and unscripted, turbulent and slightly unpredictable.

I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy.

Constructive criticism is legitimate, but when it escalates to vitriol, it affects us all, because celebrities and influencers are part of the collective consciousness.

I have a ridiculous amount of confidence of protecting myself, but along with that confidence comes the ability that you don't need to fight.

Wild is the music of autumnal winds Amongst the faded woods.