We don't build,' I said to my son, 'we just destroy.

Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.

Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).

You won't regret the men you never killed, but you will regret the women you passed up.

We all suffer from dreams

Writing is a solitary occupation.

Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.

Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.

Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.

We make children and wealth and amass land and build halls and assemble armies and give great feasts, but only one thing survives us. Reputation.

Acts of love, for me, are leaps of bravery.

If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her? Humans are full of contradictions.

I had a good run here, fifteen years. That's a great run. I'm not saying that I'm done in center field - if I could play there forever, I would. But I know that's not reality, so I'm happy.

It's my instinct more than my voice that keeps me on top.

I care a lot about Colorado. I consider it a state that is helping to shape the future.

I did a gig in the U.S. once for the homeless. I said 'It's nice to see so many bums on seats.'

My goal is to be living back in Canada as soon as I can, hopefully somewhere in the Gulf Islands.

Society always consists in the greatest part, of young and foolish persons.

History is man's best guess as to what the past would look like if everything had happened in chronological order.

You didnt grow up in the shadow of John Steinbeck. He put you on his shoulders and gave you all the light you wanted.