First time's a fluke; second time's a coincidence," said Velius. "Third time's tradition," finished Erik.

I think I liked you better when you were a raging idiot.

Sometimes 'Hmm' is the wisest thing to say.

Everything in the world was about creativity: belief and creation. Storytelling was the essence of both.

Dream of me, my beloved family, happy in my plundering and adventuring, for when the waves rock me to sleep tonight, I will be dreaming of you.

The curse of an interesting life: there are either very good times or very bad times.

We are all fools blessed with the knowledge that certain events will come to pass no matter what path we take to get there. The wise ones follow their angels while they may.

Gifts, like words, carried with them a great deal of power. They bestowed good fortune just as powerfully as they could curse; the could bind people together or tear them apart.

Do you still look at each other like you once did, back at the beginning of the story when everything was a question you were too afraid to find the answer to?

Somethings were meant to be and somethings were just meant to be good stories

He could not change the man he had been, but these hands would make him the man he could be

It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while handling them.

Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of God.

I had chosen to use my work as a reflection of my values.

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings.

I believe that Donald Trump is someone who is not fully understood for how compassionate and what a great boss he is to women.

You have to be a friend to yourself. You know, 'cause if you're not a friend to yourself, you're an enemy to yourself and if someone's a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves.

It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic.

I much prefer to work with dead writers, and ones who were writing four hundred years ago.

Don't chase the money... chase the passion. Because that's what is going to keep you happy and motivated and jumping out of that bed Monday morning.