Pride was my wilderness, and the demon that led me there was fear.

When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.

In some families, please is described as the magic word. In our house, however, it was sorry.

Will we ever reach a point when it is no longer necessary to say Them and Us? I believe we must reach that point, or perish.

Holidays are enticing only for the first week or so. After that, it is no longer such a novelty to rise late and have little to do.

If I hadn't had my children, I wouldn't have written more and better, I would have written less and worse.

The dead don't bear a grudge nor seek a blessing. The dead don't rest uneasy. Only the living.

Know that although in the eternal scheme of things you are small, you are also unique and irreplaceable, as are all your fellow humans everywhere in the world.

As we grow older we should become not less radical but more so.

Animals are less alone with roaring than we are with all these words.

What goes on inside isn't ever the same as what goes on outside.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

The mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.

But I remember feeling as a producer I felt like the guy who called the caterer and got the band; I had to work the party while everybody else was having a good time.

I care about the human race, and I strive to understand it.

If you listen to my record, I'm just honest about stupid stuff most normal people wouldn't put in a pop song.

Leaders don't ever "arrive." If we ever think we're done, we are done!

Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them.

I want to do stories that inspire people.

Love is like those second-rate hotels where all the luxury is in the lobby.

We returned home, after these experiments, with the conviction that sailing flight was not the exclusive prerogative of birds.