Sleep was a vehicle for passing the time, for avoiding the present. It was a trolley for the depressed, the impatient, and the dying.

Heroes didn't win. The heroes were whoever happened to win. History told their story -- the dead didn't say a word. All of it was bullshit.

The idea of saving anything was folly, a life especially. No life had been truly saved, not in the history of mankind. They were merely prolonged. Everything comes to an end.

Worries and sufferings are helpful for (one’s) spiritual development.

For any leftover inventory, publishers must have a program to maximize the sale of a book.

All are presumed good till they are found at fault.

I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless.

Take subject matter equal to your powers, and ponder long, what your shoulders cannot bear, and what they can.

There's not much of a follow-your-dreams kind of vibe in New Zealand or my family.

The United States of America became the envy of the world because we welcomed the best and brightest minds from anywhere on the planet and gave them the opportunity to succeed.

Most children in the world go to schools in two shifts, there's a morning shift and an afternoon shift.

I don't think there is a city we've been to that someone didn't know who I was. People know who I am before I touch the ball.

Playing golf is like going to a strip joint. After 18 holes you are tired and most of your balls are missing.