You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want.

Mutually assured destruction.

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.

Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

There’s nothing like a gunshot to make you the life of the party.

If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

was there a store somewhere full of unwanted secrets?

Publishers never tell writers anything. They're all crazy and they drive me crazy.

Improving efficiency on the farm is not only a risk-reduction strategy, it's a profitability strategy.

History viewed from the inside is always a dark, digestive mess, far different from the easily recognizable cow viewed from afar by historians.

My Paintings are Battles.

There is no accomplishment so easy to acquire as politeness and none more profitable.

Real people are what fascinates me, whether it's from an acting point of view or a directing point of view.

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

You can't measure a man by his size. You measure him by the fight he has inside.

Seize every opportunity along the way, for how sad it would be if the road you chose became the road not taken.