Sometimes the most preposterous lies are the most believable.

Don't let the brownies bite.

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

An unread book does nobody any good. Stories happen in the mind of a reader, not among symbols printed on a page.

Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others.

Want a reliable road to emotional and spiritual suicide? Spend your life trying to fit in.

Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.

Running toward danger is foolhardy. ... But so is closing your eyes to it. Many perils become less dangerous once you understand their potential hazards.

FABLEHAVEN: None who enter will leave unchanged. Trespassers will be turned to stone.

Hard to call it a party without sardines.

The four most miserable years of my life . . .

It's cool to be a part of recovery. This is just who I am, this is what I write about, what I do, and most of my work has been a reflection of what I've been going through in one way or another.

When you got nothing, you got nothin' to lose You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

One must learn to love, and go through a good deal of suffering to get to it... and the journey is always towards the other soul.

When I started out I was a failed actor.

Mitt Romney's numbers are crushing Donald Trump's numbers with women. Crushing them.

I dream of a church that is a mother and shepherdess.

Meteors are not needed less than mountains: shine, perishing republic.

If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.

I don't like tofu. I'd sooner eat a sponge.