Be serious. Life hurts. Reflect what hurts. I don't mean that you can't also be funny, or have fun, but at the end of the day, stories are about what you lose.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

If we do right, we shall rejoice.

A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again.

I want to see America thrive. I want to see all different families here succeed.

As long as you represent me as praising alcohol I shall not complain. It is, I believe, the greatest of human inventions, and by far - much greater than Hell, the radio or the bichloride tablet.

Invest in yourself now and reap the dividends day after day after month after year.

I think the way the world has evolved, it's maybe caught up to me. It makes more sense and it makes it click on a larger scale.

Leadership that is entirely self-directed will always be pathological. The only thing worse than worshipping an idol is to act like an idol.

Sunday afternoon is for papers and writing.

The last thing, and the only one that you cannot physically train for, is the psychological preparation

There is more security in self-denial, mortification, and other like virtues, than in an abundance of tears.