People like what they like. They're gonna do what they're gonna do.

Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them.

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

Specificity is the soul of narrative.

I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays.

All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.

I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.

There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting.

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books.

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

Fear deprive us of what we can possess.

There's nothing good about diversity, other than the food, and we don't need 128 million Mexicans for the restaurants.

I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer.

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

Exercise often moves us straight from stagnation to inspiration, from problem to solution, from self-pity to self-respect.

There are people who don't respond to color. That's what painting is. It's color.

Our bodies need real, fresh food to maintain health.

Only the hardest roads make us really feel that we are alive! Leave the easy roads!

When there's fear people act out in desperate ways.

We're not here to get over our humanness, but rather to accept and make peace with it... and to remember our Divine nature.