Religion and science have always been matters of faith in something. It is the same something.

You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.

Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone strikes it, and it falls to ruin all in an instant. And the man learns that he is himself, and not the mirrored man he had believed himself to be.

People don't want other people to be people.

Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.

My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.

There is no limit to stupidity. - Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity.

Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt that thematic closure is never attainable.

Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later.

All time exists. That is the truth.... If the future did not exist now, how could we journey toward it? If the past does not exist still, how could we leave it behind?

Ours is a terrible religion. The fleets of the world could swim in spacious comfort in the innocent blood it has spilt.

Strong brands are built on unshakable values and authenticity.

Our greatest opportunities are to let go and surrender to that which is greater than our egoistic needs and desires.

A police force, wherever they are, is made up of amazing people, and I respect them a great deal.

I'll never quit playing country music, or at least acknowledging it, always, as the cornerstone of what I am.

We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of a world it is - at least in its physical aspects.

I believe in being honest with myself. If there's one thing I hate it's when a comedian is great and won't admit it. I've never met one like that, but if I did, I'd hate them.

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

Instead of trying to see things my way, I try to see things her [wife's] way, and if it honestly makes sense then I will submit to her instead of being a tyrant and a dictator.