Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. Sometimes you run over a drunk who's lain down and fallen asleep on the warm pavement. I mean, do you keep going, or what?

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.

Cutting libraries during a recession is like cutting hospitals during a plague.

Life pulls softly inside your bindings. The pod glows - dear stench.

If you have forgotten how to be a child you cannot teach children.

A spark can set a whole forest on fire. Just a spark. Save it.

I play every day. It's like a habit for me now. I just, if I don't play, I kind of miss - something's off.

It's more than just selling pizzas. It's being a good fit for the community. We hire based on the betterment of the community as much as anything.

I generally think if you do good things for people in the world, that comes back and you benefit from it over time.

I'm too shy, really to be able to hang out with my heroes for too long.

What you resist, persists

Gratitude drives happiness. Happiness boosts Productivity. Productivity reveals mastery. And mastery inspires the world.