The virtue of maps, they show what can be done with limited space, they foresee that everything can happen therein.

You couldn’t control how your story started, but you can write a few good pages in there

And to those who would choose the safety of inaction over the danger of taking a stand, I have this to say:You bloody cowards. May you have the world that you deserve.

Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.

It’s amazing how things could change so quickly, in the blink of an eye. Maybe more miracles awaited on the horizon.

The best way to hear somebody else's secret is actually to share one of your true secrets.

[My parents] were very interested in social justice issues, and there was a time, very early on, where my mother, I think, actually went to some demonstrations for integrating housing.

Mr. President, no one is saying you broke any laws, we're just saying it's a little bit weird you didn't have to.

When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would have excited me, I know I'm onto something.

In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue - is hypocrisy.

Writing is the crack through which you can crawl into a bigger world, into your wild mind.