We will be one step down from the Creator, " she said, her olive-hued face tightening into an expression that she considered dramatic. "Imagining a world and then making it.

Poetry teaches us music, metaphor, condensation and specificity.

My hero in comic books is Jack Kirby: 'Spider-Man,' 'Fantastic Four,' 'Captain America,' Marvel Comics. He was really the basis for Marvel Comics.

A peasant that reads is a prince in waiting.

Every day that we wake up is a good day. Every breath that we take is filled with hope for a better day. Every word that we speak is a chance to change what is bad into something good.

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this rule: Getting the work done and connecting with your unconscious mind.

Losing my parents really set me adrift in more ways than one. It's not just losing them. It's losing the possibility of family.

I took up writing to escape the drudgery of that every day cubicle kind of war.

The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.

Our collective freedom... depends on our ability to defend the rights of others.

If we really want to represent God in our day and time, we must embrace knowledge.

Sword, I name thee Brisingr! And with a sound of rushing wind the blade burst into flame, an envelope of sapphire-blue fire writhing about the razor-sharp steel.

I've always had control of what I played on the air. I have always had very open ears.

An organization must always remember that its objective is not getting people to listen to speeches by experts, but getting them to speak for themselves.

If you'd ever told me that my Broadway debut would be playing Spider-Man, I would have laughed in your face.

I am no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women. I rather wonder now at your knowing any.

If the institutions of parliamentary democracy are worth preserving, the duty to explain them to the people they are meant to serve becomes vitally important.

I'm fortunate: I can play as long as I want to play. There's no coach or trainer who is going to say to me that I'm dropped or sacked, it's time to move on. I can play as long as I want to play.

Begin to imagine what the desirable outcome would be like. Go over these mental pictures and delineate details and refinements. Play them over and over to yourself.

It [winning Oscar] is the most important event in the career of an actor, an extraordinary moment, beautiful. Some people live their whole life just to win an Oscar.