In a real-world way, my gifts are very limited in terms of what I can do.

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

He loved her, of course, but better than that, he chose her, day after day. Choice: that was the thing.

Life is a constant struggle between being an individual and being a member of the community.

If you teach kids how to tell stories, they have a better chance at everything.

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

Don't live up to your stereotypes.

When you resort to violence to prove a point, you’ve just experienced a profound failure of imagination.

If one reads enough books one has a fighting chance. Or better, one's chances of survival increase with each book one reads.

Do you know why the Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

If you watch a game it's fun. If you play it it's recreation. If you work at it it's golf.

To a writer, an open browser tab is like a glass of whiskey. 1 or 2 can help the work. Too many ensures that nothing gets done.

The corrupt political establishment is a machine, it has no soul.

I'm still chasing girls. I don't remember what for, but I'm still chasing them.

The Vampire Diaries is the story of Elena falling in love with Damon.

I had never worked in that environment where you're able to play.

I've dreamed a lot, but i'm not a very good sleeper.

Coaching is preparation.

If the rich could hire others to die for them we, the poor, would all make a nice living.

Writing was a chimney for my blazing ambitions.