I listen to music constantly while writing.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.

I've lived too long with pain. I won't know who I am without it

Ender Wiggin must believe that no matter what happens, no adult will ever, ever step in to help him in any way.

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

Unemployment is capitalism's way of getting you to plant a garden.

We're like the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, then eat the little brats alive.

Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

India lends itself well to fictionalization, but ultimately, it all depends on the writer's imagination.

At LearnVest, we're working to make financial planning both accessible and affordable so that everyone has the opportunity to get on track financially.

It is the savor of bread broken with comrades that makes us accept the values of war.

The betterment of the world can be accomplished through pure and goodly deeds and through commendable and seemly conduct.

God doesn’t work on sense; He works on grace. God called you, and God called me. He knew what He was doing.

One mustn't look at the abyss, because there is at the bottom an inexpressible charm which attracts us.

The Greeks, who knew everything, understood that without the orgy there is no middle ground between bedlam and Toronto ... we need the healing grace of the orgy in this country.

Donald Trump can improve and get better as he goes along, and I think he will.

I think I had about a month off when I broke my rib in Australia, which was magnificent.

We will be producing supersonic planes which will go far, far faster than Concordes. New York to Tokyo could be less than an hour. You could be traveling at 19,000 miles an hour orbitally.