every story written is marks upon a page The same marks, repeated, only differently arranged

People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.

That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did.

When it's done with being graceful and poetic, language is meant to communicate, after all.

There's no requirement that jobs be meaningful. If there was, half the country would be unemployed.

The most fundamental thing about a person is desire. It defines them. Tell me what a person wants, truly wants, and I'll tell you who they are, and how to persuade them.

Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as good as you and me. What's with that?

Corporations! It's like there are these gigantic monsters living among us, and we don't mind that they're monsters because when we look at them they smile and hand us cheeseburgers. That's nuts.

I will not be what I was made, but what I make.

Some people would break the rules to get things done and some wouldn't; it was simple as that. John didn't have much use for the latter.

Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye.

Lava oozed up from the centre of the crater like blood from a wound. As the flaming lava touched the water it hissed and groaned. She feared she would be boiled alive.

People shout when they don't have the vocabulary to whisper.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

I guess babysitters are like used cars... You never really know what you're getting.

It's absolutely imperative that you speak forth the Word concerning you, because until you do, it will have no power and it won't work!

I feel traveling certainly does broaden the mind. In my case certainly I feel more confident. It gives you a new perspective on the world.

I was able to read a movie before I was able to read a book

People write to me all the time, and I write back.

If I don't enjoy myself now, when shall I?

I get mad when people are against pot.