When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to you.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

I fall off horses, " he explained to Loghain with a sickly grin. "It's this thing I do.

If you never tell anyone the truth about yourself, eventually you start to forget.

People who are vigorous and brutal often find war enjoyable.

Phoenix, Arizona: an oasis of ugliness in the midst of a beautiful wasteland.

Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.

When I first went to Europe, I thought I was going to move there. I was making plans to move to the south of Spain. It's such a cute, innocent thought. I think we all go through it.

If you're eating sugar throughout the day, you're spiking your blood sugar level and you're becoming a fat storing machine.

Obedience is a part of greatness.

Like all explorers, we are drawn to discover what's out there without knowing yet if we have the courage to face it.

The two ingredients in success in basketball are playing hard and playing intelligently.