I always like it at a war. There is always the chance that you will get up the next morning and be killed and not have to write.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Being true to yourself is always the right thing to do.""Is it? Even if you're a monster?

She remembered something she overheard at a dinner party -- Everyone loses their mind at least once in this lifetime. Everyone.

Some people say they're gathering DNA. Perhaps they're gathering it for the future when the human race is stronger or weaker, who knows. That's science fiction and mere speculation.

The only reason for being young is to outgrow it.

Ready for us to get it on, aint got a love to call steady.. Hope it aint like that for long, I'll be your friend if you let me

I sort of feel sorry for the next man who gets me. I may just kill him with passion. He'd better be strong and have a good heart!

People fascinated by the idea of progress never suspect that every step forward is also a step on the way to the end.

you have the right to live a beautiful life

The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.

You've got to respond to the fans, and play well, or people will jump on you. They'll read something and jump on you.