I think, generally, the flawed anti-hero is much more interesting than the normal hero, and that's really what we're talking about here as it relates to outlaws or renegades.

Sam took another sip of the pruno. It went down smoother this time, possibly because he no longer had feeling in his extremities.

And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants.

Particularly with MFA students, who have so much invested - literally and figuratively - I feel like honest criticism is something they're owed. It's not going to be easier in the real world, surely.

Who cut him?' Sam liked saying things like 'Who cut him?' It reminded him of being a kid and watching prison movies, which is probably why prisoners talked like that, too.

When you pray, your spirit begins to work and He will speak through your mind

It's like all technology: either not powerful enough or too powerful. It will never do exactly what you want it to do.

Pucker up, Hollywood. By the time I’m finished with you, the neighbors are gonna need a cigarette.

Design is a tool that either allows us to create new markets or disrupt existing ones.

I believe discrimination still exists in society and we must fight it in every form.

The way strength and conditioning has helped me now is that I make it a point to go to the gym everyday if I can.

I'm not a conservative or a free market advocate or a Republican because, you know, I want people to like me.

My nature is orderly and observant and scrupulous and deeply introverted.

I am a natural optimist but there were times when (it seemed like) I was doing nothing but adding up on the back of envelope what I had to pay this month.

The leftist is anti-individualistic... He is not the sort of person who has an inner sense of confidence in his own ability to solve his own problems and satisfy his own needs.