Fulfillment comes not in pursuit of happiness, but rather in pursuit of service.

In short, they were gambling on their luck, and luck is not to be coerced.

Empathy for the people you're working with and being aware of their needs...that's the "big kahuna" in managing people.

I've always been looking ahead, which is a good thing, but getting married slows you down and kids slow you down, a little bit. You look ahead, but you've gotta learn to enjoy what you have.

Many heroic exploits and chivalrous adventures are related to me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man.

I always thought of writing as holy. I still do. It’s not something to be approached casually.

I don't consider myself, you know, in real life one of those funny guys. My comedy comes through my work.

Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on track.

For me, the dialogue is the easiest part of writing. It just always seems so obvious what a character will say. Maybe its because I talk too much!

For one half second, I wondered what it would feel like to put my hand in the fire. What it would feel like when I burned.

Society therefore is an ancient as the world.