Who has more pockets than a magician? A boy. Whose pockets contain *more* than a magicians? A boy's.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

Write a short story every week. It's not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.

Virtues untie the knots that life could sometimes bring our way and they glide us through easily.

There was no mistaking her daughter's handwriting. And the words... "If you're reading this, I'm already dead.

Climate change. Urbanization. Biotechnology. Those three narratives, still taking shape, are developing a long arc likely to dominate this century.

We are full of rhythms . . . our pulse our gestures our digestive tracts the lunar and seasonal cycles.

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.

I'd rather dance than eat.

I thrive on challenges, and there is no more imposing challenge for someone in my profession than winning an NBA title.

Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because I'm not a good actor.

How much suffering and fear, and How many harmful things are in existence? If all arises from clinging to the "I", What should I do with this great demon?

Never venture near the door where sin dwells, lest you are dragged in.