There were opium-dens, where one could buy oblivion, dens of horror where the memory of old sins could be destroyed by the madness of sins that were new.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

Writers need each other.

Diligence is the mother of good luck and God gives all things to industry.

Depending on what you believe as a person, there's always redeeming qualities to every character or individual, as spiteful as they might be.

The difference between rich and poor is becoming more extreme, and as income inequality widens the wealth gap in major nations, education, health and social mobility are all threatened.

Yeah. I do get incredibly anxious. Almost borderline panic attacks.

Not all novelists are power-hungry madman. Some are power-hungry madwomen.

Success comes from believing in you when no one believes in you.

Are all knights so gentle? (Taryn) I know not, Taryn, since I don’t make it my habit to lie abed with other knights. (Sparhawk)

Just listen to the material. What is it going to say? Just wait. Probably the material will tell you something.