Aggressiveness is good in a combat leader. Combining that with ambition and insecurity becomes more problematic.

No one should be judged by the worst moment of his life.

The rulings of the past do not always apply in the present.

Writing seems like the only job where what you think and feel really matters.

Problem was that we could make things worse but we couldn't make anything better.

The business of writing is empathising with situations that aren't your own.

I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.

The manuscript you submit [should not] contain any flaws that you can identify - it is up to the writer to do the work, rather than counting on some stranger in Manhattan to do it for him.

Morally repugnant and tactically stupid are a lousy combination.

The only judgment that truly matters is the final judgment.

he knew that men were too complex to be defined by the worst moment in their lives

Your career will include thousands of opportunities to transform yourself. Many will disrupt all that you have built. Each is an opportunity to choose to be vulnerable, to let go, to be reborn.

God seldom gives us all we need in order to understand, but He always gives us all we need to obey.

Time is undoubtedly one of your greatest tools for success. You truly can't afford not to use it wisely.

With peaks of joy and valleys of heartache, life is a roller coaster ride, the rise and fall of which defines our journey. It is both scary and exciting at the same time.

To offend is my pleasure; I love to be hated.

Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives.

Of the six people who started PayPal, four had built bombs in high school.

There is no reason why an atheist could not write a good Mass.

Music causes us to think eloquently.

I value people with a conscience. It's like a beeper from God.