Lots of people have objections to prizes of all types, and it would be extraordinary if everybody agreed on anything that's worthwhile - they never do.
People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.
The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law.
When a man meets a woman who seems too perfect, too sweet, or too agreeable, he tends to become bored very quickly.
I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.
The Gelaming regarded themselves as a force for good, and in many ways they were, but they were also inexorable and their compassion could often feel like oppression.
To me, NASA is kind of the magical kingdom. I was sort of a geek, and you go there, and there are just these wondrously strange things and people.
All the clothes in my closet are Oakland, California, clothes. You can't wear those anywhere else. The barometric pressure drops and then where are you?
Editors are more concerned with the first chapters of a book; that's what everyone reads first in the bookstore or in the online sample.
I'm one of those goobers who comes out of the polling place actually wearing the 'I VOTED' sticker on my jacket.
I talk to a lot of people who, when you try to sum them up in a couple of sentences, seem like they must be insane.
Bodily fluids and solids are universally the most disgusting things we as human beings can come upon, but as long as they are inside us, it's part of you.
When I'm done with a book, I always give it to someone with expertise in the topic and tell them to flag all of my stupid mistakes.
We may have bad weather in Ireland, but the sun shines in the hearts of the people and that keeps us all warm.
Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.
We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be?
We're often afraid of looking at our shadow because we want to avoid the shame or embarrassment that comes along with admitting mistakes.
Self-awareness is not self-centeredness, and spirituality is not narcissism. 'Know thyself' is not a narcissistic pursuit.
The spiritual path - is simply the journey of living our lives. Everyone is on a spiritual path; most people just don't know it.
Anytime you try to be a loving person, you're doing your part to save the world.
You get enough people agreeing in consciousness that Mexico is a dangerous place, and that dangerous thought will make it so.
