Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs.
What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear.
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can’t, but also knowing that literature is indispensable to the world.
Learn to be alone and to like it. There is nothing more freeing and empowering than learning to like your own company.
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
When a person can no longer laugh at himself, it is time for others to laugh at him.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.
Some people like my advice so much that they frame it upon the wall instead of using it.
I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought.
