The pursuit of perfection is frustrating and a waste of time, because nothing is ever perfect. The pursuit of excellence is commendable and worthwhile. Therefore strive for excellence not perfection.

It's basically the same, just darker.

I have a motto: Work to become, not to acquire.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

First you learn to drive fast. Next, you learn to drive fast in traffic. Then, you learn how to do it for 500 miles.

It's basically the same, just darker. (on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons, 1991

If you don't believe you don't belong

...I like stories very much, ” the priest said. “They help me understand myself better.

No one is born with fear: we learn it, create it, and perpetuate it. Therefore, fear's biggest secret is we also control it.

It's weird - sort of not terribly wise - to take a book that was successful and then change its cover.

The faint old man shall lean his silver head To feel thee; thou shalt kiss the child asleep, And dry the moistened curls that overspread His temples, while his breathing grows more deep.

I would rather insult you than lose you, he said, and before any of them could make a move to stop him, he cast both items into the fire.

Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance.

People who don't like musicals like, 'why are they singing? Why aren't they just talking? If you make the lyric feel really conversational, it's much easier for them to bridge that gap.

I may well do some more polemical writing, if a subject that fires me up comes along. Apart from that possibility, I would like to continue to tell stories so long as I have stories to tell.

It's a terrible thing to be lonesome, especially in the middle of a crowd.

The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual.