They had money - quite a bit of it, actually - but for them, money was just bullets.

I have made a personal decision NOT TO WORRY. This has tremendously contributed to my happiness!!

The benefits often outweigh the suffering. Never concentrate on the pain, focus on the reward.

I will show her that loving her is my greatest truth, and the most beautiful thing I have ever known. ” — Gem

Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility

I would say that IQ is the strongest predictor of which field you can get into and hold a job in, whether you can be an accountant, lawyer or nurse, for example.

For me, it's the reactions from the audiences that are golden. If they enjoy it, then half the battle has been won.

I've always known my own mind, and I'm not shy about speaking it.

No story sits by itself, Sometimes stories meet at corners and sometimes they cover one another completely, like stones beneath a river.

By the artificial separation of soul and body men have invented a Realism that is vulgar and an Idealism that is void.

What's interesting about writing is the invention, the creative thing. Writing about myself is a yawn.