Characters are the lifeblood of anygood book.

Perfection should generally be avoided in a character. Real people, such as your readers, aren’t flawless and chances are they are not going to be able to fully identify with a character who is.

By mastering character and plot, you give your book a fighting chance and withoutcharacter and plot, no book can survive.

I didn't know where it would lead. I wanted things to develop naturally.

I guess I figured that as long as I was with people I loved, I was home. It didn't matter where we were or what kind of place we lived in. We had each other and that was enough.

Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing and doing it assiduously.

Fatherhood is the best thing that could happen to me, and I'm just glad I can share my voice.

Given the chance to throw off a brutal dictator like Saddam Hussein, people will rejoice.

If one has set for himself the position that his painting shall not misconstrue his personal mode of thinking, then he must be rather alert to just what he does think.

Naturalness is the easiest thing in the world to acquire, if you will forget yourself-forget about the impression you are trying to make.

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me.

Instead of just getting old and giving up and dying, let's learn to make a huge contribution to life.