I believe God put that itchy spot on our backs just exactly where we can't reach it in order to encourage us be nice to each other.

Plot is a literary convention. Story is a force of nature.

So many problems are solved simply by knowing enough verbs.

Writers say many true things about their own experiences with publicity and promotion.

That's the great thing about doing good: Anyone can do it, any time, no waiting periods or batteries required.

Sometimes writers say true things about the overall nature of publicity, promotion, and the publishing industry; but alas, not always.

If you ask 20 different readers why they read, they will all be right.

If there is no willingness to use force to defend civil society, it's civil society that goes away, not force.

If this power could be used for good, it wouldn't be this power.

Didn't need the user icon to know you're white and male.

I have to go make books. Sorry about that.

You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.

With humor and humility you can withstand anything.

The tanned appearance of many New Englanders is not sunburn - it is rust.

Women hear rhythm differently than men.

I eat super healthy and I'm super fit. I dabble in every type of fitness. I have a trainer and I go to the gym. I do yoga as well.

I realized that I have to slow down. I work so hard, I'm so busy.

I wanted to be in Jim Carrey comedy movies before I met him. I wanted to be a comedian on Stage 19, yukking it up.

That celebrated marriage of science and art, photography, seemed at the time to join together how we look at the world, art, with how we were coming to know it, science.

But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.

It is a sin directly against one's neighbour, since one man cannot over-abound in external riches, without another man lacking them.