How it saddens me to see how quickly men turn against each other.

My Irish passport makes me look like a chief of staff for the Provisional IRA.

If you want to be happy for life, love what you do.

When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.

Be proud to be a decent American rather than a wanker whipping up fear.

I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people.

The truth is I hate cocktail parties when the only person I know is my supposed date, and he abandons me the minute we come in the door.

When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.

A good man's life is never quite ended; something of it always remains to touch and illuminate other lives.

The flame of inspiration needs to be encouraged. Put a glass around that small candle and protect it from discouragement or ridicule.

Writing is storytelling. No matter how you slice it, you're saying, 'Once upon a time.' That's what writing is all about.

I never saw Death before, and now I seeThat it is warring eyes in a woman's form.

Religion without humanity is a poor human stuff.

Character is the final decision to reject whatever is demeaning to oneself or to others and with confidence and honesty choose what is right.

Gross things sound funny and set people up to listen to something a little uninviting.

Guns don't kill people; people kill people. Of course, people with guns kill more people. But that's only natural. It's hard. But it's fair.

Real heroes are others, those who have suffered in their soul, in their heart, in their spirit, in their mind, for their loved ones. Those are the real heroes. Im just a cyclist.

The genius of the Word of God is that it has staying power; it can stand up to repeated exposure.

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say

Dazed, Nick nodded, then looked to Caleb. “I’m such an effing idiot.” “We knew that,” he said drily. “We definitely didn’t have to throw you into a coma for that little-known nugget.

I doubt we will ever be forgiven. All I hope is – they'll remember we were human beings