Don’t you dare focus your energy on the 99 reasons something can’t be done. Focus on the one thing you can do and the 99 won’t matter.

I can only change the world by changing myself.

Oh, child, my child, if only you realized who you truly are.

Miracles happen when dreamers take action.

Dreamers Can.

The world is yours the moment you follow your own dreams.

Dreams grow bigger and bolder every time you nourish them.

Scrub your brain of any thoughts that don’t serve you, and to fill your mind with fresh, clean thinking that instills confidence, commitment, and ultimate success.

A dark thought will never lead you to the light because darkness is terrified of light.

Today is a gift that will be taken from you at day's end. Don't waste a moment, a chance, a lesson. You'll never live today again.

The springboard for your success is between your ears.

When you believe you have lost your power and control nothing will ever seem easy or simple.

Civilization advances by extending the number of important operations which we can perform without thinking of them.

One of my daughters told me the other day, "Kevin Hart is funnier than you, Daddy." I told her, "Does Kevin Hart make you pancakes?"

Some novel lovers have no interest in comics, and some comics fans would never take the time to read a novel.

The clothes make the man. The children working in sweatshops make the clothes. Therefore, the children working in sweatshops make the man.

I could do an interview or just as well not do one. It's not like I'm looking for extra publicity.

I feel more comfortable writing firmly comedic or slightly comedic stuff.

I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old.

I wouldn't say I've changed my mind. I changed some of my natural habits, some of my natural character.

What I liked about Greece was [...] the impressive force of the language itself, unconfined by dictionaries, spoken in the streets, in cafés and in the country.