It is a dangerous thing to bring a dream to life....I have watched my deepest, dearest hopes take shape, and I am not entirely sure I like the shape they have taken.

We might embody those qualities we desire to possess by embracing them, over and over, until the line between seeming and being is no more.

I wondered if, by the time we'd been together as long as Phèdre and Joscelin, I'd be able to predict her reactions. I wasn't sure I would.I wasn't sure I wanted to, either.

I'm adaptable. A nomad, my mom always says." Zoe raised an eyebrow. "Your mom?" "Well I wasn't spawned.

There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls.

Sometimes words just don't get you there... don't let you say all the stuff from deep in your heart, stuff that no dictionary has a name for.

In my entire career? I am so sick of being asked, What's it like to kiss Mel Gibson?

Risk-taking is the essence of innovation.

She asked me what type of contraceptive I use. Underwear. Keeping it on prevents pregnancy.

What we usually consider as impossible are simply engineering problems... there's no law of physics preventing them.

History is no more than memories refreshed.

If I could solve all the problems myself, I would.

I mean that psychologically. I think [Donald Trump] showed in the debates when he encounters criticism or challenge he behaves the way a bully would. He just doesn't take it well.