...all them things I don't know could get you killed if I come to know them

You know, one of the tragedies of real life is that there is no background music.

You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

I wish I knew how to quit you.

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

Anyway, there's something wrong with everybody and it's up to you to know what you can handle.

If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.

We're all strange inside. We learn how to disguise our differences as we grow up.

I think it's important to leave spaces in a story for readers to fill in from their own experience.

Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading.

What we fear we often rage against.

There is no reward for wishes.

You cannot possess your Promised Land without a battle.

My mission is to see things as they are. Exactly contrary of a mission.

The brain that doesn't feed itself, eats itself.

It is always the same: once you are liberated, you are forced to ask who you are.

We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of haves and have-nots. We must always be a nation of haves and soon-to-haves.

Fear, the worst of all enemies can be effectively cured by forced repetition of acts of courage

I don't enjoy playing video golf because there is nothing to throw.

You can prosper, no matter what the economy is doing.

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals of absence.