Writing is one of the few careers for which you essentially train yourself, the other two major ones being juggling and pickpocketing.

The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.

I realize Jubilee is a bit of a stripper name. You probably think I have heard the call of the pole.

i miss you so much it's giving me a pain in my pancreas.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.

I like you because you were mad. And you're pretty. And pretty sane for a mad person.

Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it or not.

I have no phobias. Phobias are irrational. My fears are rational and CAREFULLY CULTIVATED, like roses.

I may have been a complete lunatic, but I was a complete lunatic with manners.

We all have the capacity to find the will to do what must be done - even when that which we must do terrifies us most. Remember this.

Once you awaken, you will have no interest in judging those who sleep.

The heart is natures most immense untapped resource. Utilising the power of the heart is the most significant choice you will make in life.

Wherever we turn in the church of God, there is Jesus. He is the beginning, middle and end of everything to us.

I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

Life is too short to read inferior books.

Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.

I should have said, 'Follow your blisters.'

[My wife] has some investments and stuff.

I'm from East Berlin. I grew up in the Bertold Brecht, Kurt Weil tradition, also in the old hippie tradition.