There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man's growth is seen in the successive choirs of his friends.

When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something.

Beauty without expression tires.

Nature always wears the colors of the spirit.

Life Is a Journey, Not a Destination.

Every sunset brings the promise of a new dawn

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.

Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.

Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.

I don't want to go and start trying to make jokes in places like India, Tanzania or Iraq. Afghanistan is not a funny place.

I'm the best there is at what I do but what I do best isn't very nice

My uncle gave me a trumpet, but I loved the Louis Armstrong sound and the Harry James sound and I played by ear and I played always soulful or very direct from the gut.

There's a perilous word fiction writers need to watch out for. The word is 'had.'

There are people who so arrange their lives that they feed themselves only on side dishes.

If our airforces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal.

Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

When I'm shooting, as much as writing, I see edited footage in my mind, so I work that way, and it's economical.