Writing is the great invention of the world.

You will find the whole world will change to you when you change your attitude toward it.

How his hatred seethed in search of a justifiable excuse.

Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.

When I left Iowa, I definitely never wanted to stand in front of a group of academics again and see if they approved of me. I made up my mind to take my work to the actual reading public.

A program designed for inputs from people is usually stressed beyond breaking point by computer-generated inputs.

It is not only that sin consists in doing evil, but in not doing the good that we know.

To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will.

I literally pass out when I see blood.

Be proud of your scars. They remind you that you have the will to live.

I blew the college boards, and to ease the snub from Harvard made a tour of Europe.