You must really want to win with all of your heart! Plan your race

A man who has ceased to learn ought not to wander around loose in these dangerous times

It is the fear of being as dependent as a young child while not being loved as a child is loved but merely being kept alive against one's will.

There is no better form of trade a developing nation can engage in than to sell services provided by an educated population.

According to your belief [Christian clergy], my kind of man — secular, prideful, agnostic and all the rest of it — is among the damned. I'm on my own. You've got your God.

Optimism is the true moral courage

Once you're into a story everything seems to apply-what you overhear on a city bus is exactly what your character would say on the page you're writing. Wherever you go, you meet part of your story.

Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.

I just love variety. I love being able to do different things. Do period pieces and sci-fi. I love being able to move between genres and be flexible.

If you think about yourself then you've lost sight of the ball.

In the Friend-place nothing true can be said. Let Me Just Be Here.