The stars are yours, if you have the head, the hands, and the heart for them.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.

Our values are as a result of the information you respond to on regular basis.

Take charge of your life! The tides do not command the ship. The sailor does.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

A happy life is impos­si­ble; the best that a man can attain is a heroic life.

Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.

Two things you need to know about taxes. They've extended the deadline to April 18, and when you write your check, just make it out to China.

it's the belief, not the words, that mean everything. it's the floating.

When you do your best and live out your dreams, you inspire others to do the same.

That which does not destroy, strengthens.

We need to have capabilities second to none. We need to create a situation where Chinies know that there will be adverse impacts if they continue to do what they're doing.