Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.

The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.

Jesus loved crème brûlée, but even with crème brûlée enough isn't just enough, it can get to be too much.

You only value something if you know it’ll end.

You can’t just keep grabbing at me every time you see me. It’s not a substitute for actually talking.

[Ted] Cruz may have been hoping his reversal would fly under the radar.

Actually ninety-nine percent of my acting has nothing to do sci-fi or fantasy, I consider it a good part of my acting, and enjoy the roles I play.

I think teams win. I don't think offense wins. I don't think defense wins. I don't think special teams - teams win.

It's a pity we don't whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading.

Therefore keep in the midst of life. Do not isolate yourself. Be among men and things, and among troubles, and difficulties, and obstacles.

Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?

Bandwagons roll through our lives. Its up to you whether you jump on them unquestioningly or jump on them to overturn them and subvert them.