Like skateboarders, writers live by rejection; like writers, any skater worth his salt must have the single-minded tenacity of a wiener dog.

The past was a bridge that looked solid and sturdy, but once you were on it, you saw that it extended only far enough to strand you, to suspend you between loss and longing with nowhere to go at all.

Stories aren’t about things. Stories are things.

Stories aren't about things. Stories are things. Stories aren't about actions. Stories are, unto themselves, actions.

Solo mirarte me proporciona el placer más intenso que jamás haya sentido.

Faith in God gives faith in self.

Hope that star of life's tremulous ocean.

All work which is necessary ennobles him who performs it. Only one thing is shameful - to contribute nothing to the community.

Save myself from death is that it?! Is that why I've come here?! I'm not afraid to die! At times I've welcomed death!

I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anything else.

I really believe hatred is not a primal emotion, in that you can't find it in nature. It's basically some kind of distortion of fear.

What farmers require is, that the prices should be moderate, and the markets steady and for this reason I did, in 1826, 1827, and 1828, take the course which I would now recommend to the House.

I bet the human brain is a kludge

The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies.