You can't just dream big -you've got to think big, and then plan big.

Great opportunity is only as good as your preparation to take advantage of it.

Success is not something you own; it's something you rent, and the rent is due every day. When you stop paying rent on success, you start paying the rent on failure.

Smiles are to people as sunshine is to the roses.

Dreams were frail things, when all was said, and loneliness the only certainty.

I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these."- Mr. Darcy

I can't remember a time when I didn't want to be a reporter. I don't know where I got the idea that it was a romantic calling.

..you just get stoned, get the ideas in your head and then do 'em. And don't bullshit. I mean that's the thing about doin' that guerrilla theatre. You be prepared to die to prove your point.

Maybe he was a good a good whitecoat—like Jeb. And maybe the moon was made of cream cheese.

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the intention behind it.

Part of the work of writing a novel is to uncover the symmetries or connections that make it whole, which might not reveal itself at first.

Sometimes Allah gives you bitterness in this life so that you can further enjoy the sweetness of the hereafter.

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond song.

Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members.