“Don't rein in yourself 'cause it's raining reigning time.”

“He can transform the incapability in you to do what the capables, even together, cannot do.”

“Your tongue, His name.”

“Your mind is the doorkeeper of your soul and heart the king. It's unwise to let the doorkeeper control the king.”

“Your spiritual brain is wisdom.”

“Before knowledge comes understanding, before understanding comes wisdom.”

“Mostly, we authors must repeat ourselves - that's the truth. We have two or three great and moving experiences in our lives - experiences so great and moving that it doesn't seem at the time anyone...”

“Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess what Isaac Asimov calls a "capacity for clear thought," a...”

“There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding of what people are really like and what humanity is supposed to mean hell, I know that.”