What I mean by that is that the point of life, as I see it, is not to write books or scale mountains or sail oceans, but to achieve happiness, and preferably an unselfish happiness.

Pride makes a man, it drives him, it is the shield wall around his reputation... Men die, they said, but reputation does not die.

Wyrd bith ful araed (Fate is inexorable).

You won't regret the men you never killed, but you will regret the women you passed up.

We all suffer from dreams

Writing is a solitary occupation.

Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.

Of course some days are easier than others, but my worst day is better than being in most humdrum occupations.

Book tours and research provide a lot of travel - too much, I sometimes think, but we do take vacations.

The existence of tricks does not imply the absence of magic.

We make children and wealth and amass land and build halls and assemble armies and give great feasts, but only one thing survives us. Reputation.

When you keep explaining and rehashing you just keep your mistake alive. Learn your lesson and adjust your behavior and move forward.

Not only are pasta dishes delicious, but they are also great, easy options for a quick dinner during a busy weekday.

If I'm on skates, I feel at home no matter what I'm doing. If they wanted me to sing and dance I think I could do it just becauseI was on skates. When I'm not on skates, though, I feel very strange.

I am in love with girls that are bad and naughty and badass, and a little selfish, but I like to watch from a respectful distance!

We miss a lot in life because we don't know when to quit, what to leave out.

You desire to know the art of living, my friend? It is contained in one phrase: make use of suffering.

I take a situation, analyse it, break it down, put it in the form I want it to be in, and then I toss it away. Let somebody else go deal with it.

Only the naive inflationist's could believe that government could enrich mankind through fiat money.

I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.

The Self is here and now, it is the only Reality. There is nothing else.