“The problem isn't how to make the world more technological. It's about how to make the world more humane again.”

“Fame is foolish, it is pointless, meaningless. Even if the whole world knows you, how does it make you richer? How does it make your life more blissful? How does it help you to be more understanding, to be more aware? To be more alert, to be more alive?”

“The world changes materially. Science makes advances in technology and understanding. But the world of humanity doesn't change.”

“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, or making friends. It's about doing what you love the best you know how. It's about making a heart pound in fear, shrink from rage, weep with understanding, or soar with excitement. It's about making worlds and living in them deeply enough someone else can join you there. It's about life changed to words, words changed to life, over and over and over again. It's about giving.”

“...It isn't the problems along the way that make us or break us. It's how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference.”

“Sometimes success isn't about making the right decision, it's more about making some decision.”