You take something from your past that you're somewhat ashamed about and you write about it from another character's point of view.

If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.

I come from a newspaper background, so maybe Im attuned to current events.

Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space between your desire and what is right, the happier you will be.

His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.

Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.

And even if they don't find what they're looking for, isn't it enough to be out walking together in the sunlight?

What business does memory have with time?

He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it.

He considered it a shame when people couldn't grasp the infinite-a failure not just of imagination but of simple vision.

I realized the structure in a collection is how they're put together. Structuring the collection became the art of it for me. Because the stories had all been written.

Concentrated power is bad""(name of chapter)

Today’s caterpillars are tomorrow’s butterflies.

My body is a cage that keeps me from dancing with the one I love, but my mind holds the key.

Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.

For me, personally, Detroit is a melting pot for everything. We get the best from the East Coast, West Coast and down South.

I know a lot of people did a lot of heavy lifting to make me successful and I do everything in my power not to screw it up.

Prayer causes things to happen that wouldn't happen if you didn't pray.

The female population exceeds the male, you know, especially in New England, which accounts for the high state of culture we are in, perhaps.

My wish is that we design the future of learning. We don't want to be spare parts for a great human computer.

I think especially since going solo it's pretty clear that I'm completely being myself.