Pride, anger, gluttony, and idleness are sometimes conquered, but the conversion of a malicious and envious mind is a kind of miracle.

There is many a monster who wears the form of a man; it is better of the two to have the heart of a man and the form of a monster.

Alas! I thought I had only a friendship for you, but the grief I now feel convinces me, that I cannot live without you.

The nature of Nature is change.

We have brilliance in the world. What the world needs is your heart.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish.

The Heisman is the biggest award I've ever won.

I'll live a lush life in some small dive.

There's no more personal issue than gun violence; every one of these stories is a life lost, i'm hoping that over the long term, as I tell these stories, that it will help to open people's eyes.

I don't see anything wrong with staying young looking as long as you can.

When I get up, I have a cup of coffee, surf the Internet, then do a half-hour run.

I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.

Knowledge is also borrowed. It is not a flower that grows in your soul, it is something plastic that has been imposed upon you.