Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.

Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.

We advocate biodiversity for biodiversitys sake. It may take our extinction to set things straight.

The march of conquest through wild provinces, may be the march of Mind; but not the march of Love.

I like every aspect of defense; I enjoy shutting down the offense.

So what really gets me is these chickenhawks, who sent our kids to die, without ever serving in a war themselves. They don't know what it's all about.

My mother was a Bloomsbury figure: a great friend of TS Eliot, Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell. My grandmother, Mary Hutchinson, gave her life to works of art, being an admirer of Matisse and Giaometti, whom I collected as a young man because of her.

Gone are the days when you'd have to tune in to a mad illegal radio station late at night to be able to hear the rapper of your choice. That's all changed now. That's all gone out of the window. And I feel like I represent that change. I represent the era of iPods and Shuffle and things like that.

I don't think if you're serious about literature your library is filled with award-winning books.

My son, he is the reason I got involved. It's been a joy to be around him and teach him the stuff that I know, and to the other kids as well. When he started playing I wanted to be involved in his hockey career. It's a lot of fun for both of us.

Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.

You need propellants to accelerate toward Mars, then to decelerate at Mars, again to re-accelerate from Mars to Earth, and finally to decelerate back at Earth. Accordingly, the mass of these required propellants, in short, drives our need for innovative launch vehicles.

To be poor ugly and moreover intelligent condemns one in our society to a dark and disillusioned life...to beauty all is forgiven.

I've always loved the idea of playing Black Adam.

Perhaps the less we have the more we are required to brag.

How can I die? I'm booked.

People ask me, 'Why are you still writing books?' Like I'm still only writing to make money and as soon as I have enough I'll quit and go fishing? I like to write books. It's the most satisfying thing I do.

In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare's plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the play more than by any actual historical references which may occur in it.

Art is like a border of flowers along the course of civilization.

When you're on the road, there's no time for second chances and messing yourself up.

Aim for the chopping block. If you aim for the wood, you will have nothing. Aim past the wood, aim through the wood; aim for the chopping block.

Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake.

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

I have no inner monologue.