Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they are the fathers and mothers of all wars. Evil does not rel...
Life without meaningcannot be borne.We find a missionto which we're sworn--or answer the callof Death's dark horn.Without a gleaningof purpose in life,we have no vision,we live in strife,--or let bloo...
On the Road that I have taken, one day walking I awaken, amazed to see where I've come, where I'm going, where I'm from.
No matter how close we are to another person, few human relationships are as free from strife, disagreement, and frustration as is the relationship you have with a good dog. Few human beings give of t...
I think it's perfectly just to refuse service to anyone based on behavior, but not based on race or religion.
What we do as a society is seek simple answers.
I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics.
In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.
One of the things I like enormously about Bob Weinstein is that that he's the only studio head I have ever known who will change his mind and say he was wrong.
Golden retrievers are not bred to be guard dogs, and considering the size of their hearts and their irrepressible joy in life, they are less likely to bite than to bark, less likely to bark than to li...
Humanity is a parade of fools, and I am at the front of it, twirling a baton.
Maybe magic and love, together, can achieve what magic alone cannot.
A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.
Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine.
When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations of age and disease, their calm awareness of the ap...
We are not strangers to ourselves, we only try to be.
Human beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work-it's a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love him.
Play hard. Play, play, play like your life depends on it. Because it does.
I have to admit that when I watch a movie in which there is no moral context for the violence - I find that offensive. I think that's potentially damaging to society.
I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come.