Not a clue – and, no, I don’t touch drugs. The world’s unstable enough without scrambling your brain for kicks.

Nothing attunes you to the beauty of the quotidian like a man who decides not to kill you after all

A book can’t be a half-fantasy any more than a woman can be half pregnant

The empowered may serve justice, remodel the Earth, transform lush nations into smoking battlefields, and bring down skyscrapers, but power itself is amoral.

Power and moneyLike Pooh Bear and honeyStick fast.

Nonfiction that smells like fiction is neither.

Books’ll be back, ” Esther-in-Unalaq predicts. “Wait till the power grids start failing in the 2030s and the datavats get erased. It’s not far away. The future looks a lot like the past.

The Future, ” says Ian, in a film-trailer voice. “Coming soon, to a Present near you.

Prayer may be a placebo for the disease of helplessness, but placebos can make you feel better.

Here’s the truth: Who is spared love is spared grief.

And grade every simile and metaphor from one star to five, and remove any threes or below. It hurts when you operate, but afterwards you feel much better.

Behind every smile there is love, thought, and action.

You don't have to have been a horse to be a jockey.

What good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is usually best after all.

Jesus continues to offer light, joy, and peace to today's generation.

I have always had this necessity to win. When I played with my friends on the street, football or running, I always wanted to be the best.

Savage bears keep at peace with one another. [Lat., Saevis inter se convenit ursis.]

I like comedy as a group sport.

The challenge was that it was harder to be subtle than strident.

I don't believe in perfection. I don't think there is such a thing. But the energy of wanting things to be great is a perfectionist energy.

Refreshing honesty has been getting me in trouble since I was five, but it's probably had some positive effects - like not being a liar.