if you can’t make a joke at a time like this, what’s the point of living?

I knew the point wasn’t the victory, but pulling yourself together and crawling your way back. That was life.

They blew out a breath and did the thing all heroes must do—they took that terrifying first step.

In the last analysis, most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts, with the age-old forgotten wisdom stored up in us.

The great law of denial belongs to the powerful forces of life whether the case be one of coolish baked beans or an unrequited affection.

When you accept the fact you have no control and choose not to take any action, you are letting go.

Clouds, torsos, shells, peppers, trees, rocks, smoke stacks, are but interdependent, interrelated parts of a whole, which is life.

They, the holy ones and weakly, Who the cross of suffering bore, Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more!

History is the record of human progress, a record of the struggle of the advancement of the human mind, of the human spirit, towards some known or unknown objective.

I don't see myself as some kind of lone figure standing out there and doing my work in solitary splendour, but as part of the human condition and part of the continuum of writers.

Courage is a mutual thing.

I like characters that do big things boldly and are driven by intensely personal feelings.

I'm a 'Lost' guy, I love 'Lost.