Some people just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.

Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?

The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.

I didn't know a van could go up on two wheels like that, for so long." -Nudge

I feel like, like pudding, " Iggy groaned. "Pudding with nerve endings. Pudding in great pain.

Well, that's an evil smile...

Iggy. This is not a democracy, " I said, (...)"It'sa Maxocracy.

Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.

I want to be able to see stuff, " Iggy said. "Like I used to, when I was little. And I want to be able to totally kick Jeb's butt.

We like to see our future through our children

One must always tell what one sees. Above all which is more difficult one must always see what one sees.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Patience is a grace as difficult as it is necessary, and as hard to come by as it is precious when it is gained.

If you get into the mental habit of relating what you're reading to the basic structure of the underlying ideas being demonstrated, you gradually accumulate some wisdom.

I like some time away to recharge the batteries, not only physically, but emotionally so that I get to the point where I'm just dying to direct again and then that's the right time to do it again.

I love Sam Mendes. He's a fantastic director.

Cricket needs brightening up a bit. My solution is to let the players drink at the beginning of the game, not after. It always works in our picnic matches.

The lead either forges an instant connection with the reader, or the package fails.

The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy and loss.