The rule for finding plots for character-centered novels, which is to ask: 'So what's the worst possible thing I can do to *this* guy?' And then do it.

The dead cannot cry out for justice. It is a duty of the living to do so for them.

Poets speak of hope in ladies smiles, but give me a smirk any day, I say.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.

Don't wish to be normal. Wish to be yourself. To the hilt. Find out what you're best at, and develop it, and hopscotch your weaknesses. Wish to be great at whatever you are.

I'm very interested in the impact of biotechnology on the way people live.

If you can't be seven feet tall, be seven feet smart.

Aim high. You may still miss the target, but at least you won't shoot your foot off.

Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

When you give each other everything, it becomes an even trade. Each wins all.

Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

Transitions themselves are not the issue, but how well you respond to their challenges!

I'm very thankful I'm very appreciative for everything that the Denver Broncos organization has done for me.

Love doesn't just keep thinking about it or keep planning for it... Simply put: Love does!

Live every day as if you've come back in time from a dystopian future to try and prevent everything from breaking.

It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. A person who lies is thereby responding to the truth, and he is to that extent respectful of it.

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.

It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.

After eight years of Obama one thing is clear: Conservatives want a fighter.

The first step to becoming is to will it.

The most beautiful faces have some ugly in them.