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Someday was the thing he had, because it was a lot harder to ruin than today.
Grief is in two parts. The first is loss. The second is the remaking of life.
Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?
What we need is a machine that will let us see the other guy's point of view.
It was the mark of a barbarian to destroy something one could not understand.
Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly.
I got to wear blinders all the time so I won't think sideways or in the past.
There is nothing I've wanted more, or waited for longer, than to be a father.
I'm always shook up and nervous and I've got the hospital record to prove it.
Do not let anyone discourage you. If they try: get determined, not depressed.
I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.
[ Adult novels] was the world of grownups. There was nothing about teenagers.
He had got down to the bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.
Words are the birds that break cover and show your enemy where you're hiding.
It is almost axiomatic that the worst trains take you through magical places.
When I went to Hong Kong, I knew at once I wanted to write a story set there.
The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.
There's a lot of sensuality that I associate with travel. And that's romance.
In my peaceful moments, I yearn to write a bank heist like the one in 'Heat.'
From what we are, spirit; from what we do, matter. Matter and spirit are one.
This is my child. I planted it. I saw it grow. I loved it. Don't cut it down.
I talk about airplanes and things like that while my scars are on clear view.
It's always nervewracking to put yourself out there. But it's the root of joy.
All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.
The space elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing.
I think we look for the differences in people because it makes us less lonely.
I realize that I'm pretty flawed, but you know - I haven't killed anybody yet.
I try and write the way things happen. I don't try and fulfill people's wishes
How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.
Ideas come from everywhere - they come from what you see and hear and imagine.
"Margaret" was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about sixth grade.
When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.
Telling kids the truth isn't always entirely possible, but talking to them is.
It's not about having luck; it's about putting yourself in a position of luck.
I played volleyball and basketball, and I did track and volleyball in college.
Badger hates Society, and invitations, and dinner, and all that sort of thing.
I never would have guessed I would be making science fiction and horror films.
My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.
I have written stories, essays, even whole books on trains, scribble-scribble.
People see a hungry face, and they want to feed it; that's a natural response.
They were terrified that we were going to become an anti-war kind of platform.
When he'd sworn at her and been sworn at in return, they became great friends.
Children are not less intelligent than adults; what they are is less informed.
My favorite films are the ones that I walk away from and I know I saw a story.
Luckily, I'm not a gambler or a drinker or - you know, I get my fix of comedy.
Life isn't just fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all. -William Goldman
Some people who think they are in unhappy marriages are just in unhappy bodies.
A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets.
Belief in God is apparently a psychological artifact of mammalian reproduction.
Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.