You wouldn't want to live a life in which you are loved or approved by all people on Earth or even within your own geodetic dome full of your jumpsuited followers.

Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them.

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

Specificity is the soul of narrative.

I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays.

All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.

I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.

There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting.

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books.

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

The air of compromise is rarely appreciated fully by men of principle. C. Vann Woodward

It’s a lot cleaner when Command kills you on purpose . . . than when they do it by accident.

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.

If you dont see me on tour, its because I have found happiness away from winning, and that might be the biggest achievement I could ever accomplish.

Without picking out anyone in particular. I thought Mark Wright was tremendous.

It is hard to repent, to admit you are wrong on faith alone before the evidence of a feeling of being forgiven and light comes.

My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.

I believe greatness is an evolutionary process that changes and evolves era to era.

Sometimes, you lose (a game) and sometimes the other team wins.

A man is as unhappy as he has convinced himself he is.