I think the race has everything. I think it has difficulty it has joy it has excitement it even has death.

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist, it is by the ideal that we live.

Think off-center.

The mountains look on Marathon - / And Marathon looks on the sea, / And musing there an hour alone / I dreamed that Greece might yet be free.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

You can't comfort the afflicted with afflicting the comfortable.

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration, simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage and he expects your absolute loyalty.

I'm sick of this

What I'm always trying to do with every book is to recreate the effect of the stories we heard as children in front of campfires and fireplaces - the ghost stories that engaged us.

Some scenes you juggle two balls some scenes you juggle three balls some scenes you can juggle five balls. The key is always to speak in your own voice. Speak the truth. That's Acting 101. Then you start putting layers on top of that.

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