Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, the most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.
J. K. Rowling is one of my favourite authors, and I really admire how she created this big wizarding world. But I think our books are very, very different, and I don't think there can be a next J. K. Rowling. She is one of a kind.
I wanted to be successful, not famous.
I have an Oscar on my mantel.
Fame is the thirst of youth.
The Pacific is the best toilet for satellites.
Failure? Scared to death of it.
I have respect for beer.
Society is at odds with itself.
In every war, there's looting.
Corncobs are the greatest fire-making tinder.
I mean, money is a tool.
If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.
I don't believe in luck.
Failure is always an option.
The world is my workshop. It is not my home.
Home is the nicest word there is.
I actually don't feel famous.
Let's have some new cliches.
Space is going to be commonplace.
