The manuscript you submit [should not] contain any flaws that you can identify - it is up to the writer to do the work, rather than counting on some stranger in Manhattan to do it for him.

No one should be judged by the worst moment of his life.

The rulings of the past do not always apply in the present.

Aggressiveness is good in a combat leader. Combining that with ambition and insecurity becomes more problematic.

Writing seems like the only job where what you think and feel really matters.

Problem was that we could make things worse but we couldn't make anything better.

The business of writing is empathising with situations that aren't your own.

I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.

Morally repugnant and tactically stupid are a lousy combination.

The only judgment that truly matters is the final judgment.

he knew that men were too complex to be defined by the worst moment in their lives

Children of God, Children of the light.

I'm Dylan. I'm so cool. I want to date myself, but I don't know how! You want to date me instead? You're so lucky!

I will make certain that our military is the best in the world in both cyber offense and defense and in every other way, by the way. Every other way.

Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to a humble and grateful mind.

Being a divorcee in a small town is a little like playing Monopoly; eventually you land on all the properties.

Ronald Reagan, of course, was a Republican governor of California who went through a painful defeat in the 1976 presidential race before winning four years later

Cultivate the habit of being grateful... and ...give thanks continuously.

Violence doesn't have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender.

I was a big fan of Ronald Reagan. He was the first president I got to vote for.

I should mention Vittorio Storaro, who was Bernardo Bertolucci's cinematographer. You watch those films and they are exceptional.