“As I would come to discover later in life, one shouldn't be condemned for simply craving freedom.”

“...these stories are a kind of beacon. By making stories full of empathy and amusement and the sheer pleasure of discovering the world, these writers reassert the fact that we live in a world where joy and empathy and pleasure are all around us, there for the noticing.”

“Anyone who needs more than one suitcase is a tourist, not a traveler”

“QUOTES & SAYINGS OF RYAN MORAN- THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL MANFavorite Sayings of Ryan Moran: The World's Most Powerful Man“Sometimes the withholding of a small part of the truth is not only wise, but prudent.”“There is one principle that bars all other principles, and that is contempt prior to investigation.” (Ryan was fond of paraphrasing Herbert Spencer)“What do you mean?”, “How do you know?”, “So what?”“I don’t need much, just one meal a day, a pack of cigarettes and a roof over my head.”“Well…, we must have different data bases, mustn’t we?”“This guy is more squirrely than a shithouse rat”The CIA—you know, the ‘Catholic Irish Alcoholics’“That dumb fuck.”“Oye! A Jew and an Irishman—what a team!”“Okay, everybody, up and to the right ten thousand feet,” ( If things in general were not goingwell. Refers to his jet flying days)“Is that what you want to do?.....Are you sure?"“Curiosity is self serving,”“If you don’t know where you’re going, you will end up somewhere else.” “So…, what are you thinking?” “I can do anything that I want, as long as I have the desire and I am willing to pay the price.”(His working definition of honesty)“Well, what did you learn tonight?”“Don’t let your emotions get the best of you, and don’t get too far out into your future.”“If you meet someone in the middle of the desert and he asks you where the next water hole is, you had better tell him the truth. If you don’t, then the next time you meet, he will kill you.”“Damn it!”“And remember to watch your mirrors!” (Refers to the fact someone may be following us in the car)“A person either gets humble or gets humiliated.”“That’s right.” “Oye, Sheldon, a Jew and an Irishman—talk about guilt and suffering!”“Pigs grow fat, but hogs get slaughtered.” “A friend is someone who is coming in, when everyone else is going out.”

“If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry,It's just because I'm so misunderstood.When I was young I ate a dictionary,And that did not do me a bit of good.For I've absorbed so many words and phrases—They drive me dizzy when I want to speak.I start explaining but each person gazesAs if I spoke in Latin or in Greek.”

“Many times I see you as a portrait of torture.”

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”