In the Age of Kali the meek and helpless will be preyed upon without mercy, and there will be a surplus of AK-47s.

Fake it may be, lies and deceptions, but this is the world in which we find ourselves, and here we must make our little lives.

The geek of the Earth are a tribe and they are mighty.

There's never been a rule of human behavior that hasn't been broken by someone, somewhere, sometime, in some circumstance mundane or spectacular. To be human is to transcend the rules.

He's never fought with religion; what is the point of railing against such beauty, such intimate theatre, such chime of eternity? He can treasure it without believing in it.

Family is what works.

Humans are not made for endless light. Humans need their darknesses.

The time is short and the hills is dark and I's got miles to go before I sleeps. Is is no easy road.

We were young and thought we were invincible and we threw ourselves into the gears of history and it ground us up.

All writing is discipline, but screenwriting is a drill sergeant.

Blind-believers and staunch atheists have the same god - namely, a self-deluded, one's own shadow's bot.

Work may be your dominant thought, and joy an afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.

Where does music go when it’s not playing?—she asked herself. And disarmed she would answer: May they make a harp out of my nerves when I die.

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.

Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.

I've been broody since I was 12, but I can't just get anyone pregnant. It has got to be the right person.

Remember, empathy need not lead to sympathetically giving in to the other side’s demands—knowing how someone feels does not mean agreeing with them.

Hollywood movies are designed for 15-year-old youths from North Dakota who, intellectually speaking, are on equal terms with a British zoo animal.

I don't believe in colleges and universities.