Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels.

You’ve gone far away to a place with no horses and very little grass, and you’re studying how to write a story with a happy ending. If you can write that ending for yourself, maybe you can come back.

There is more than enough for everyone. Any idea of lack and so its experience comes from fear. Fear powers greed, which encourages people to save for later just for themselves.

We have entered, almost without noticing, an age of exploration and discovery unparalleled since the Renaissance.

The interesting thing about a movie is the movie.

Child-care costs are now the largest family expenditure in much of America, even exceeding the cost of housing.

Having a great deal of opportunity proves nothing. Opportunity without creative action is like a brand new Ferrari without an engine. You possess something valuable, but it won't get you anywhere.

Those who attempt to evangelize the culture by imitating its forms must beware lest the culture evangelize them.

If you're experiencing no anxiety or discomfort, the risk you're taking probably isn't worthy of you. The only risks that aren't a little scary are the ones you've outgrown.

I suppose what I can say is that I do feel I have a natural spiritual sensibility.

If wells are constructed right and operated right, hydraulic fracturing will not cause a problem. … Our natural gas supplies would plummet precipitously without hydraulic fracturing.

Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different.