If reality is as equally valuable as fiction, then you should just chalk up the parts of the past you don’t need to your imagination

In my hometown, the sky seemed endless . . . but there was nothing to see.

If you truly want to escape the ordinary, you'll simply need to keep evolving. Whether what you seek is above or below.

I can't bring myself to trust you. But even if you were to betray me, and even if you were to become my enemy... would it be okay for me to love? Could you... let me love you?

The world isn't as bad as you think.

Behind every coincidence, every stroke of luck, and every miracle, there is inevitably a cold and calculating mind.

For us, the playground of fiction is just as important as reality

It's easier to crush a dream than realize one, forming a bond is infinitely more difficult than breaking one

Shizuo Heiwajima, the strongest man in Ikebukuro: "I just want the ability to control myself. That's the kind of strength I want.

If you hate to think, you are not different from some who is peeing on his academic certificates. The goal of education is to help you to think and lead.

I believe that at the very root of our humanity is a passion to create value with heart, to work alongside others who care, and to make a difference.

The hope is always here, always alive, but only your fierce caring can fan it into a fire to warm the world.

I don't make my living making records. Maybe someday I will.

Grammar is the analysis of language.

Whether or not they exist we are slaves to our gods.

If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home.

Never take your position for granted and never let any favors you receive go to your head.

Upon being asked by a fan how to become a writer, Stephen King replied, "Write.

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers.