The only time you seem honest is when you’re insulting someone!”“The only honest things I can say to you are insults.

Why hasn't anyone killed him yet?”“Dumb luck, ” Wit said. “In that I’m lucky you’re all so dumb.

Jasnah had once defined a fool as a person who ignored information because it disagreed with desired results.

To live was to be a fragment of the cosmere that was experiencing itself.

For glory lit, and life alive, for goals unreached and aims to strive. All men must try, the wind did see. It is the test, it is the dream.

To be human is to seek beauty, Shallan. Do not despair, do not end the hunt because thorns grow in your way.

All people are musicians" Wit countered. "The question is whether or not they share their songs.

Control is the basis of all true power. Authority and strength are matters of perception

Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.

It’s not a lie, ” Shallan said, “if everyone understands and knows what it means.”“Mm. Those are some of the best lies.

light makes shadow. Truth makes lies.

Replace the negative traits of your character by the traits you want to have

Next time it'll be your nuts.

Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry.

Seriously, I have the best fans ever.

The voluntary approach to corporate social responsibility has failed in many cases.

Hip-hop is universal now, it's all commercial now. It's like a circle full of circus clowns up in the circuit now.

All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.

It's always been my philosophy to try to make art out of the everyday and ordinary...it never occurred to me to leave home to make art.

What's important is that my family and I are all good.

I don't know if any genuine meaningful change could ever result from a song. It's kind of like throwing peanuts at a gorilla.