But I think everybody should write. I think those people with stories who don't write should be stomped on.
I never said to be like me, I say to be like you and make a difference.
Without consciousness and intelligence, the universe would lack meaning.
Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.
Set me a task in which I can put something of my very self, and it is a task no longer; it is joy; it is art.
Awards shows are my greatest inducement to get back into shape.
Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.
Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium.
Also, stick around. Don't lose your heart, just keep going, keep at it.
Men are often a lot less vindictive than women are, because we are rejected constantly every day.
The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.
I think professional sports, football, to use it as an example, it's fundamentally a form of entertainment.
If I wanted to go be social I would. I don't have any fear of that. I don't feel like I'm a shy person at all.
Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.
Cherish your human connections - your relationships with friends and family.
I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.
In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.
Empires dissolve and peoples disappear, song passes not away.