There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them.

Morning is wonderful. Its only drawback is that it comes at such an inconvenient time of day.

The man who counts on the aid of a god deserves the help he doesn't get.

Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

There is no vengeance as terrible as the vengeance a coward plots in the dark of his heart.

Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.

There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints. Victorious historians rule where good or evil lies.

I'm an incurable romantic. The essence of romance is an unshakable conviction that next time will be different.

My favorite sport is female and my favorite food is beer.

Soldiers live. He dies and not you, and you feel guilty, because you're glad he died, and not you. Soldiers live, and wonder why.

I'm a bad man. I need to understand the past. It illuminates the present.

But there was nothing else she could be right now except strong.

You might not be able to change your situation but prayer can.

Woman, the child of so many tears shall never perish.

We have two natures within us, both struggling for mastery. Which one will dominate us? It depends on which one we feed.

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.

Somewhere in the heart of experience there is an order and a coherence which we might purprise if we were attentive enough, loving enough, or patient enough.

When you make a movie, it seems like there's nothing but resistance. It's kind of a miracle that any movie ever gets made.

Your intention for a book is never the same as the reception.

To explain why a man slipped on a banana peel, we do not need a general theory of slipping.

It's always been my hope that I would write a story that would inspire and would connect with people in a way that would touch hearts.