You do not have to die to save their lives.

An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.

You don't have to die in order to make a living!

Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.

Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.

You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian.

And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.

Suffering is a jealous and lonely state. It can't abide the company of anything else. It is greedy

In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain.

History is a novel for which the people is the author.

My books always make the best-seller lists in Wolf Hole, Arizona, and Hanksville, Utah.

Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden! Fell deeds awake, fire and slaughter! spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered, a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises! Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!

Be yourself. Follow your heart. I know it sounds obvious, but it's the best advice at anyone ever. Take advice from other people, but take from it what feels right for you.

I like spaghetti because you don't have to take your eyes off the book to pick about among it, it's all the same.

I didn't become a writer to write about me.

Either you defend the status quo, or you invent the future.

If I was going to fall, I would hang on to my small comforts, at least, for as long as I possibly could.