A man can't hit a woman and stay a man. He becomes a loathsome thing, even to himself. But the woman who stays with such a man panders to his darkness. They both risk their souls.

I had discovered that learning something, no matter how complex, wasn't hard when I had a reason to want to know it.

Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much.

I didn’t care…about heroes who could read minds or walk through walls or do magic. The heroes I liked had courage and knew more real stuff than those who opposed them.

A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse!

I would tell people some years later that I was raised an only child and so was my brother.

There are two things every woman really wants: one, she wants to know that a man really loves her, and two, that he isn't going to stop.

It is better to confess ignorance than provide it.

A lot of folks just get it in their head that, for instance, like writing memoirs is just easy. You just write down what happened. It doesn't quite work that way.

I have never been able to understand anyone on this planet who lacks a need for knowledge. Is it not God's greatest gift to us all, this capacity to think, to wonder, to imagine?

Always I try to write about people. People are interested in other people always.

Preaching vs Teaching:The difference between preaching and teaching: one makes you feel good, the other makes you grow.

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

Defense is the first act of war.

I really wish I could sing so I could front a band, because that would be a dream come true, totally. I want to sing. Can't do it though.

God did not have time to make a nobody, so you're a somebody.

In order to win, you must expect to win.

The room was darker and smelled of evergreen, as though my mother had been dreaming of trees.

I live by my own rules (reviewed, revised, and approved by my wife).. but still my own.

a setback is a setup for a comeback

Literature is a peculiarly public product of a particularly private endeavor.