“Copies have been dethroned; the economic model built on them is collapsing. In a regime of superabundant free copies, copies are no longer the basis of wealth. Now relationships, links, connections...”

“Story seems to say that everything happens for a reason and I want to say, No, it doesnt.”

“A great book allows me to leap over that wall: in a deep, significant conversation with another consciousness, I feel human and unalone.”

“To write only according to the rules laid down by masterpieces signifies that one is not a master but a pupil.”

“A sports writer is a stylist of some kind. He is trying to convey mood and character and emotion.”

“I'm a sucker for sports movies.”

“No quality or characteristic is more important than trust”

“Ender had come to feel a unity so strong that the word we came to his lips much more easily than I.”

“The only TV I would be interested in exploring would be live television. There's no substitute for a team of artists performing at their peak live when failure is possible. It's a high-wire act. Th...”

“Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.”

“I knew right then that I wanted to be a part of something that meaningful. I wanted to have something I was so passionate about that I'd be willing to risk everything for it. I wanted to know that ...”

“Do it with passion or not at all.”

“You can find a better you inside of you. Why dont you search for that?”

“Do not fear to give yourself a chance that will change you for the better.”

“He explained that often times it's the love of something- like money, material, possessions, or power-and the fear of losing them, that command people to act. That love and fear are really the only...”