It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Fear is nature's warning signal to get busy.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aeroplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

Intelligence is more important than strength, that is why earth is ruled by men and not by animals.

The true magic of novels dwells within us individually. Each reader will interpret every single character, scene, and metaphor in a slightly different way

Being a bestseller doesnt mean they wrote a great book. Just means they knew a lot of people who would buy it.

Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets.

I think it's great when dramatic actors do lighter, funny roles.

(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn't work that way.

Each and every one of us who is still lucky enough to have our parents has a duty to them. We do owe them.

Remember: a story is not a vignette. It has a beginning, middle and an end. It is not merely a snapshot in time.

You can't stop a reform in the middle. You do it completely and pretty fast, or you don't do it.

Violence cannot destroy the body of the Goddess, for Her body is the world itself.