No one but a fool is always right.

In oratory the will must predominate.

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.

Poetry is the key to the hieroglyphics of nature.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Smiles are the language of love.

Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.

When you get older, then you feel death not at the end of the road, but death all around you, in everything. Life is saturated with death. I feel death everywhere.

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.

Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

Society is endangered not by the great profligacy of a few, but by the laxity of morals amongst all.

A ship is safe at shore but it's not built for that.

Learning to focus attention and concentration is very useful; meditation can help you do that.

The event of creation did not take place so many eons ago, astronomically or biologically speaking. Creation is taking place every moment of our lives.

One does not fall in love; one grows into love, and love grows in him.

My dialogue coach said to do a Texas accent, you lean on the next word, and that was the clue to me.

It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it.

We've played with a lot of confidence and that's been the key so far. Hopefully, we can take more confidence into the playoffs.

The gods know what's important, what's wrong about you. They know everything. If you go out searching for the Holy Grail, they won't let you find it.

If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.