“I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.”
Great“You don't have to turn on the TV set. You don't have to work on the Internet. It's up to you.”
Work“I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.”
Great“The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me.”
Great“Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love.”
Love“If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don't know how to read, you don't know how to decide. That's the great thing about our country - we're a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.”
Education“I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.”
Politics“My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God, I believe in the universe. I believe you are god, I believe I am god I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god.”
God“Everything is generated through your own will power.”
Power“If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go into business, because we'd be cynical. Well, that's nonsense. You've got to jump off cliffs all the time and build your wings on the way down.”
Business“I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.”
Good“Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.”
Love“If you're living in your time, you cannot help but to write about the things that are important.”
Time“Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me. After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.”
Morning“Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything. If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it. If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it.”
Love“If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.”
Dreams“It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid.”
Good“A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.”
Great“Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”
Future“There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.”
Government“I don't try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.”
Future“When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.”
Money