In terms of how I understand the online world, it doesn't just work in the old-fashioned way. You're not going to see billboards and a bunch of commercials. It's all viral.

I do think you learn things about genre storytelling, but you also have to be careful not to learn too much.

..More choices in a limited time didn't mean didn't mean you could do everything-it meant that you could do anything, so you probably did nothing, frozen with indecision.

When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers, I kind of wanted to be a vampire.

You can gerrymander one district, but it's very difficult to gerrymander the whole country.

Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.

In war, the stronger overcomes the weaker. In business, the stronger imparts strength to the weaker.

I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures.

I write rhymes with addition and algebra, mental geometry.

There's no substitute for loyalty.

Seek advice, but make sure it's from someone who has successfully handled mistakes or adversities.

If you die, I'll die.' 'But is you live, I'll live.' - Bowman and Kestrel, Firesong