“The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.”

“A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.”

“Truth is stranger than fiction fiction has to make sense. ”

“Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.”

“Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.”

“We see things as we are, not as they are.”

“Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.”

“Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.”

“Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.”

“First-rate people hire first-rate people second-rate people hire third-rate people. ”

“People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.”