My father had taught me - mostly by example - that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to be in charge of his problems.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

The more a man knows, the more willing he is to learn. The less a man knows, the more positive he is that he knows everything...

A good book is an event in my life.

There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.

that you will become entrapped in someone else’s recent careless thoughts.

You have different sorts of people in life, so why should it be any different in football?

Eminem was the biggest rapper in the world, but I didn't know Eminem and I didn't know anybody who knew Eminem.

The education of peoples is a necessary precondition to peace.

Moreover, I consider that Carthage should be destroyed.

I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.