One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write.

To anyone who knows a writer, never underestimate the power of your encouragement.

There’s an Oriental saying I like: “If aggression meets empty space it tends to defeat itself.

There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period.

I have both held and beheld unlimited power and of it I know but one thing. It drives men mad.' - Alexander the Great

Convincing someone to believe something that was inherently unbelievable often meant getting that person to make a quick and easy comparison to something they already knew.

Sometimes you had to make the animals perform.

You don't need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.

Asking the proper questions is the central action of transformation. Questions are the key that causes the secret doors of the psyche to swing open.

The depth of our repentance will determine the depth of our revival.

If you move as a being in every experience of your self, your being replaces your self.

I've never particularly liked bankers.

If originally it was not good for a man to be alone, it is much worse for a sick man to be so; he thinks too much of his distemper, and magnifies it.

Nonviolent non-co-operation is the only alternative to anarchy and worse.

A book, unlike any other friend, will wait, not only upon the hour but upon the mood.

A life without criticism is not worth living.

Flattery is like friendship in show, but not in fruit.