Nothing can do what a book can do. Lifts you out of your life... to a whole new world, whole new perspective. A book is like a dream you're borrowing from a friend.

Remove every barrier you can to fandom. A fan will be an evangelist for your work.

The English language was carefully, carefully cobbled together by three blind dudes and a German dictionary

You can't choose what you're famous for in life.

School is learning things you don't want to know, surrounded by people you wish you didn't know, while working toward a future you don't know will ever come.

We all have such a finite time to leave the world better than we found it.

I love it with all of its villains and pretty liars and self-righteous pompers

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

Alas, poor men, their destiny. When all goes well a shadow will overthrow it. If it be unkind one stroke of a wet sponge wipes all the picture out.

the stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have i seen so many. i always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty, but i was sure of it that night.

God bless you and utterly satisfy your heart...with Himself.

People were interesting at first. Then later, slowly but surely, all the flaws and madness would manifest themselves. I would become less and less to them; they would mean less and less to me.

I hate vacations. There's nothing to do.

What you do for yourself dies with you when you leave this world, what you do for others lives on forever.

I believe absolutely in love being the central motive force of the universe.

Creed was ended by egos and people wanting to do their own thing and poor decision-making.