Stories distribute the suffering so that it can be borne.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

I didn't know that idiocy caused people to just start spontaneously bleeding from the nose.

If I could bottle the benefits of a healthy lifestyle in a pill, it would become a blockbuster drug.

People think that I popped out of my mother's womb singing 'Chasing Pavements'.

Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.

I don't think of myself as a writer.

... an experienced, industrious, ambitious, and often quite often picturesque liar.

God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.

My hatred notwithstanding, I had to admit Dimitri Beli-whatever was pretty smart

The more money you have to work with, the more people you have to deal with that you probably don't want to be spending time dealing with.

I'm excited about the opportunity to go back out there with my teammates and get another chance at this thing [a Super Bowl].