When someone thinks, "I liked his last book, I'll hope this new one is good" and shells out their hard-earned, I fervently want that person to be thrilled.

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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