I doubt that America will come to Europe again. You'll be on your own against militant Islam.

Nobodys life ever goes according to plan. So why do we keep on planning? Because that's how we know who we are. By what we intend to be. By what we try to become. And fail. I don't say 'fail'. I saw we aim and miss. But we still hit something.

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

Mom," said Peter, "nobody thinks you're a lackwit, if that's what you're worried about." Lackwit? In what musty drawer of some dead English professor's dust-covered desk did you find that word? I assure you that never in my worst nightmares did I ever suppose that I was a lackwit.

A character is what he does, yes - but even more, a character is what he means to do.

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day.

Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.