There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point.

When...has a mugging case ever heard a defense attorney claim, 'Your Honor, the victim was dressed in an Armani suit and wearing a Rolex. Clearly he was begging to be assaulted.'

Opposites can attract, as in magnetism. Or explode, as in matter and antimatter.

We're all of us dying . . . from the moment we're born

If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.

To the brave crew and passengers of the Kobayshi Maru…sucks to be you.

...They are merely scars, not mortal wounds and you must use them to propel you forward.

Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur.

As for jokes, I don't think it's necessarily that what I write is funny.

If by reaction you mean critical reaction, I was confident that we were putting out a quality book [ Treachery]. So I was reasonably sure that we'd get positive notices.

In terms of actual audience numbers, I honestly had no idea what to expect [with 'Treachery' ]. It was, after all, not a superhero title.

We shall live to die once more.

Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.

Our minds are so cluttered with endless to-do lists that there's no room for us to experience the joy in being alive today.

Ziege hits it high for Heskey who isn't playing

Such prosperity as we have known it up to the present is the consequence of rapidly spending the planet's irreplaceable capital.

I am genuinely not an over-the-top kind of person about politics or anything else.

To stay present in everyday life, it helps to be deeply rooted within yourself; otherwise, the mind, which has incredible momentum, will drag you along like a wild river.

The market always does what it should do, but not always when

Values are not just words, values are what we live by. They're about the causes that we champion and the people we fight for.

The voice in your head is like a wild horse taking you wherever it wants to go...When the voice in your head finally stops talking, you experience inner peace.