If fiction and fantasy books are escapism, then let an author write them so as to better equip the reader to face reality by the end.

For the writer, the process of writing a novel is like getting an advanced copy of a book you'd really like to read.

Do something with your one life, instead of following others. While just watching your one life pass you by.

When the deputies asked me if I needed anything, I told them I could use a cigarette. I don't smoke but it seemed like the thing someone handcuffed in the back seat of a police car should say.

Give yourself permission to enjoy this present moment. Resist the urge to fill it with I need to's, I shoulds, I coulds. Trying to fill all your present moments is impeding the natural flow of life.

Ask your father to convince you, not to go your way. You will win, i bet.

Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail.

So far, as far as we know comet Wild 2 is a unique object.

The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called the savior of society by the next.

An actor will use every piece of information at their disposal, or a good actor will.

It is but seldom that any one overt act produces hostilities between two nations; there exists, more commonly, a previous jealousy and ill will, a predisposition to take offense.

Princes have but their titles for their glories, An outward honor for an inward toil; And, for unfelt imaginations, They often feel a world of restless cares.