The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.

If you focus on the risks, they'll multiply in your mind and eventually paralyze you. You want to focus on the task, instead, on doing what needs to be done.

Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.

I wandered the earth a mercenary, daring the gods to kill me but surviving because part of me was already dead.

I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.

If the reader cares, I dont think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero.

The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.

The post office actually achieves its mission. I wish we could say the same of the CIA.

The job of the screenplay is to identify and extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen, maintaining its essence in a different vehicle.

Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them.

The movie is someone else's art. But it's great marketing for books.

Everything that ever happened to me that was important happened in the desert.

The universe holds enough happiness and success for everyone.

Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced.

I was away a lot on 'Countdown' when the children were young and I couldn't have done it without Mum's help. Because she was at home running all of that, I never had to worry about them.

Fear is the culprit that robs us of our greatest lives. And although it's mostly made up or a learned behavior from our past, almost everybody I've ever met in my life struggles with fear.

Without knowing myself, I have no real basis for thinking.

Keep in mind, just because you don’t know the answer doesn’t mean that one does not exist. You simply haven’t discovered it yet.

Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.

When you turn on the news, they don't say, "Hey, 2 Million kids went to school safely today...40,000 flights took place without incident." They don't say that.

I guess I watch more MTV than you do. I'm a junkie for it.