There's a reason for everything, you said, and though it's a mystery to me now, I know it won't always be so.

There's no such thing as a lost cause.

...like the 75 billion souls who lived before him, each and every one a treasure, he, too, will die.

On the horizon, he saw the full moon. God dropped it there, he was sure, as a reminder of our small place in the world. A reminder that what is beautiful is fleeting.

And I was even beginning to think home might be with you.

In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life.

We chase wild dreams and long for all that eludes us, when the greatest joys are within our grasp, if we can only recognize them.

...the enduring human need to be remembered.

There's death and life, you see. We all shine on. A leaf, a star, a song, a laugh. Notice the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you. ...Somebody loves you.

Success is reserved for you if you persevere

I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.

I never turn down requests for interviews. I'm just rarely asked.

He listens well who takes notes.

Currently computer graphics are used a great deal, but it can be excessive.

I certainly wouldn't be writing books if it hadn't been for the feminist blogosphere, and I think that's a really amazing thing.

Dude, you're such a geek. And that's coming from an overweight Star Trek fan who scored a 5 on the AP Calculus test. So you know your condition is grave

I consider myself kind of a reporter - one who uses words that are more like music and that have a choreography. I never think of myself as a poet; I just get up and write.

Greatness starts with the replacement of hatred with polite disdain.

Banning guns is like banning forks in an attempt to stop making people fat.