To all my librarian friends, champions of books, true magicians in the House of Life. Without you, this writer would be lost in the Dust.

Fairness does not mean everyone gets the same. Fairness means everyone gets what they need.

It takes strength and courage to admit the truth.

I sailed on the cold air currents above the rooftops of Paris. I could see the river, the Louvre Museum, the gardens and palaces. And a mouse-yum. Hang on, Carter, I thought. not hunting mice.

Have you ever noticed how parents can go from the most wonderful people in the world to totally embarrassing in three seconds?

You know how hard it is to feel like an extreme falcon-headed combat machine when somebody calls you "chicken man"?

I tried to think of something to say. Excuse me? Hello? Marry me? Anything would have done.

Oh no." I said panic rising in my chest. "No, no, no, Somebody get a can opener. I've got a god in my head!!

Fair means everyone gets what they need. And the only way to get what you need is to make it happen yourself.

Right, " Sadie said. "And Set will just stand there calmly while I read him to death.

Why did adults have to be so thick? They always say “tell the truth, ” and when you do, they don’t believe you. What’s the point?

I love my style of writing. Nope, it's not the most poetic stuff you've ever read but you know, it can evoke emotions and images and smells and sensations, and that is what I set out to do.

Thankfulness makes much of little.

There is only one sky and we must take care of it, for if it becomes sick, everything will come to an end.

People like a story that has a lot of blood, sweat and tears. But I don't think the Slint story really has that.

Define your business goals clearly so that others can see them as you do.

Lil Wayne is a music god!!!!

If you look a little punkish, then they’re going to give you the parts. And if you play an iconic villain early on in your career, you tend to get asked to play one over and over and over again.

I'm an obsessive person. I like intensity.

[...] a number of flawed individuals can often add up to a brilliant social unit.

We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's body under stringently limited conditions.