Love is a condition so powerful; it may be that which pulls the stars in the firmament. It may be that which pushes and urges the blood in the veins. Courage: you have to have courage to love somebody because you risk everything-ever ything.

Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.

All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.

Your life is much more important that you can imagine... it is your first treasure.

I want to be representative of my race-the human race. I have a chance to show how kind we can be, how intelligent and generous we can be.

Achievement brings its own anticlimax.

One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a time and saying if it comes, good; if it doesn't come, good, I'll just sit here.