In a time of war, truth is always replaced by propaganda.

If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.

Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered and the courage with which he has maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

Life without risks is not worth living.

Life is like a landscape. You live in the midst of it but can describe it only from the vantage point of distance.

Isn't it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?

Sometimes, flying feels too godlike to be attained by man. Sometimes, the world from above seems too beautiful, too wonderful, too distant for human eyes to see .

I would rather live one day in Maui than one month in New York.

In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia.

If one took no chances, one would not fly at all. Safety lies in the judgment of the chances one takes.

Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.

But then every man is ludicrous if you look at him from outside, without taking into account what’s going on in his heart and mind.

I never thought I was a bad person. I just thought I was the one good person living in a world of bad people.

In daylight and up close, he was merciless, all smiles and freckles, the brightest, boldest flame a moth could wish for.

The heart looks into space to be away from earth.

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins with the knowledge of evil.

Nobody can tell your story the way you can tell your story.

A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their motives.

I was a backstage kid. I was in the wings looking out.

It's wrong to put the drug lobby's interests ahead of older Americans.

Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.