What I find cool about being a banned author is this: I'm writing books that evoke a reaction, books that, if dropped in a lake, go down not with a whimper but a splash.
I have these ideas that people go 'Oh, that's cool. I'd pay to see it, but I'm not gonna give you $25 million.'
There is something in the pang of change More than the heart can bear, Unhappiness remembering happiness.
I don't believe in having spaces in the home that don't get used. We pay so much for square footage that to waste it is criminal.
For humans, the Arctic is a harshly inhospitable place, but the conditions there are precisely what polar bears require to survive - and thrive. 'Harsh' to us is 'home' for them. Take away the ice and snow, increase the temperature by even a little, ...
We Americans love our Constitution so much that we can't bear to change even the stupid parts.
I've learned through my own experiences that working toward an objective in your life can change who you are.
I've diced with death the most cycling around London. Black cabs are far more dangerous than polar bears.
Adopting a new healthier lifestyle can involve changing diet to include more fresh fruit and vegetables as well as increasing levels of exercise.
If it is the duty of the State to educate, it is the duty of the State also to bear the burden of education, namely, the taxation out of which education is provided.
Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.
Style is not something applied. It is something that permeates. It is of the nature of that in which it is found, whether the poem, the manner of a god, the bearing of a man. It is not a dress.
It was a great time to grow up in Chicago. It was the mid-'80s, and we had the '85 Bears and the Michael Jordan era.
Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.
The great advantage of having a bear as a central character is that he can combine the innocence of a child with the sophistication of an adult.
If you really think you have something good, you can't take no for an answer. You've got to get in there and ignore the people who say no.
When you come up with a good idea, you don't have to do a whole lot. The idea does it for you.
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
A good stunt has to have both style and substance. It's a combination of impact and notoriety, the element of danger, technical execution, and the skill of the stunt performer.
I do not accept being a prisoner of fear. Of Communism, of fascism. That, one can bear. But of one's fear. No. Never.
