Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.

No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

I like to think that good people win. But even good people have other sides. Most people will slow down to get a good look at an accident, even though they won't admit it.

Legends grow beards, and twenty-three years is plenty of time to grow a long one.

Seven, Richie thought. That's the magic number. There has to be seven of us. That's the way it's supposed to be.

A person who doesn't learn from the past is an idiot, in my estimation.

I feel better in my mind because I'm doing what God made me to do. He said, 'Go write books, Steve, and you'll be happy.' I'm happy now, and that has had an effect on my life and my relationship with my wife and kids and even my friends. I've always wanted to be a writer.