Ugliness is an illusion, gentlemen. Like beauty. Like color. All depends on the light. The only reality is action.

If we don't stand up for others, who will be left to stand up for us?

Long memory, short fuse, big revenge.

Gar taldin ni jaonyc; gar sa buir, ori'wadaasla. (Nobody cares who your father was, only the father you'll be.) - Mandalorian saying

Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through playing people who are absolutely nothing like me.

We're all going to die sometime, so you might as well die pushing the odds for something that matters.

I love being pushed out of my comfort zone.

If you take a shot at someone, you keep firing until they can no longer return fire. Wound them, and you have an angry enemy who knows your position.

If you're not prepared to do something in public, don't do it at all.

People who wouldn't dream of drowning a puppy in a barrel full of water think nothing of killing a fish the same slow way.

Real evil wasn't about bending the law to suit justice: evil was acting out of small, intensely personal expedience and losing sight of the bigger picture so often that you never got it back again.

Numbers do not feel. Do not bleed or weep or hope. They do not know bravery or sacrifice. Love and allegiance. At the very apex of callousness, you will find only ones and zeros.

Japan is the first nation in the world to accord 'comic books'--originally a 'humorous' form of entertainment mainly for young people--nearly the same social status as novels and films.

Didn't you tell me smoking ruined your stamina as a boxer? ...Ruined is a strong word, I'd say....It helps fight boredom. It gives you more to do and less time to do it in.

He who is the most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in the performance of it.

All the work I do is built on a foundation of loving-kindness. Love illuminates matters.

By itself, practice does not make perfect. Those of us with a ten-year-old son practicing the trumpet may understand that.

You’ve traveled this far on the back of every mistake.

We have a prime minister, I'm the foreign minister, I'm trying to get on with the job of doing Australia's foreign policy.

I was the goldfish that leapt out of the bowl.

Always start at the end before you begin. Professional investors always have an exit strategy before they invest. Knowing your exit strategy is an important investment fundamental.