There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

Outer beauty attracts, but inner beauty captivates.

The journey from Ignorance to Awareness is nothing but perceptual bliss to actual bliss

You could easily do a book of Marshawn Lynch's quotes, which have a quite serious political pushback. I think he's really amazing.

In charting our course to the future, we are mindful of our path from the past.

All my favorite movies are American movies since I was a kid.

What matters is to aid others, to have a group dream.

A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.

When I was a teenager I decided I was going to be a writer and that nothing was going to stop me. It sounds almost villainous. But I knew that was what I wanted.

I believed that our own public would keep this in mind even in this serious crisis, and stand firm if only we at the front continued to stand firm too.

The quality of that 'who I am', is what I hope comes out in the writing.