There are three paradoxes of the Christian life: You must give in order to receive, you must let go in order to possess, and you must die in order to live.

Star-crossed lovers desperate to get home together. Two hearts beating as one. Romance.

Writers live twice.

How to Commit the Perfect Murder" was an old game in heaven. I always chose the icicle: the weapon melts away.

Do rewards motivate people? Absolutely. They motivate people to get rewards.

If you're a person who complains about everything all the time, then you're just the boy who cried 'wolf.' But if you do it on occasion and about the right reasons, then people listen.

I can love October in September. September doesn’t care.

Nonresistance is one of the principles of aikido. Because there is no resistance, you have won before even starting. People whose minds are evil or who enjoy fighting are defeated without a fight.

Growing up in England, people told you why you couldn't do things. Suddenly, I had a publisher banging on my door, and was given the creative green light to simply make.

In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it is the exact opposite.

There is more fine abstract design in Navajo rugs than in all these modern paintings.