Put your backbone where your wishbone is.

I sometimes seem to myself to wander around the world merely accumulating material for future nostalgias.

Don't put things off till it's too late. You are the DJ of your fate.

The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.

And an equation is the same whether it's written in red or green ink

I certainly think its very important that writers as citizens - not necessarily as writers, but just as ordinary citizens - should talk about things that matter to them.

What is the difference between my life and my love? One gets me low, the other lets me go.

I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.

I think if something is worth doing, it's worth doing well. And worth thinking about it as well.

To not be able to love the one you love is to have your life wrenched away.

Every object strives for its proper place. A book seeks to be near its truest admirer. Just as this helpless moth seeks to be near the candle that infatuates him.

A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

Being in L.A. is great because there are so many weird people out there, so you can just blend in. I like that.

I don't [even] know the number of books on Abraham Lincoln. Ten thousand, twelve thousand? I have seen various numbers. It seems like every generation is always trying to come to terms with Lincoln.

The quality of leaders matters less than the quality of citizens.

It's about me, or people wouldn't be so anxious to keep me from knowing about it. The absence of information is information. ~ Ender

I have always loved things that are timeless and get better with age.

I love jewelry - rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, you name it.

The moment you understand the whole Universe, is the moment you slightly begin to understand the way God's mind works

Beauty is everything and beauty is within, however, if you don't feel good on the outside, then you will not look good.

It is the poverty connected with our species which subordinates one man to another. It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.