Nothing will train you to write better as a writer, than working on your next book.

There's always another secret.' -Kelsier

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

The purpose of a storyteller is not to tell you how to think, but to give you questions to think upon.

Women? Women are like...thunderstorms. They're beautiful to look at, and sometimes they're nice to listen to-but most of the time they're just plain inconvenient.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing. -Kelsier

Better to be the failure who nobly strived than the success who never really had to.

Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.

But you can't kill me, Lord Tyrant. I represent that one thing you've never been able to kill, no matter how hard you try. I am hope.

This world, it is a tempest sometimes. But remember, the sun always rises again.

My dear, did you just try to prove the existence of God with your cleavage?

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

The Degree to which I am blessed staggers me... the degree to which I take that for granted shames me.-Streetwalking with Jesus

Over the last 10 years, there have been so many incredible albums created in bedrooms by people who never would've gotten an album deal.

What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. Your answers lie inside of you.

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

I'm more interested in, you know, SpaceX and Tesla, what's going to happen with our intergalactic possibilities.

The lyric self is the self; the narrative self is not.

Just believe in yourself and to find spirituality that’s going to carry you. Because all the rest is just fluff.

I'm not one of those people who as a writer lets my characters tell me what they want to do or call to me or seek me. I go seeking for things, using them as an agent, really.

Going forward, which story will the media find more interesting, [Donald] Trump's or Hillary's [Clinton]? Does Hillary even have a story? Does anyone even care?