No one should be judged by the worst moment of his life.

The rulings of the past do not always apply in the present.

Aggressiveness is good in a combat leader. Combining that with ambition and insecurity becomes more problematic.

Writing seems like the only job where what you think and feel really matters.

Problem was that we could make things worse but we couldn't make anything better.

The business of writing is empathising with situations that aren't your own.

I was 29 when I wrote my first novel. But I was 45 when I quit for good. I was a 16-year overnight success.

The manuscript you submit [should not] contain any flaws that you can identify - it is up to the writer to do the work, rather than counting on some stranger in Manhattan to do it for him.

Morally repugnant and tactically stupid are a lousy combination.

The only judgment that truly matters is the final judgment.

he knew that men were too complex to be defined by the worst moment in their lives

It is better to engaged you mind on positive thoughts.

Christine taught her that the world you inherited didn’t have to be the world you left behind. Nothing was pre-determined. Not even No Man’s Land.

Don't be afraid to make a mistake your readers might like it.

When you're most wounded by words run to the only Word that always brings healing.

Hillary Clinton has secured her place in history. She is the first woman to lead a major party's quest for the presidency.

Pure water is the best gifts a man can bring. But who am I that I should have the best of anything? Let princes revel at the pump, let peers with ponds make free, ...beer is good enough for me.

Nothing glows brighter than the heart awakened to the unseen light of love that lives within it.

History is not a procession of illustrious people. It's about what happens to a people. Millions of anonymous people is what history is about.

And it happened all the time that the compromise between two perfectly rational alternatives was something that made no sense at all.

Insanity is to behave like someone that you are not.