Generic Quotes

"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new."

"No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it."

"I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity."

"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."

"'Until Friday Night' is the first book in my new young adult series, 'The Field Party.'"

"I went to Rosemary Beach, Florida, for the first time in the spring of 2012."

"I grew up in a small town in Alabama, and there wasn't much in the way of entertainment, so like our older siblings before us, we drove our pickup trucks out into the hayfield and lit a bonfire."

"All I can say is, I don't encourage younger kids to read my books, and actually, the biggest age group on my Facebook page is 25- to 35-year-old women."

"Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up."

"To the uneducated, an A is just three sticks."

"A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence."

"War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there."

"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them."

"Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being."

"Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"

"Never forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave."

"What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow."

"You will be better advised to watch what we do instead of what we say."

"I suppose that every one of us hopes secretly for immortality; to leave, I mean, a name behind him which will live forever in this world, whatever he may be doing, himself, in the next."

"If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name."

"The Old Testament is responsible for more atheism, agnosticism, disbelief - call it what you will - than any book ever written. It has emptied more churches than all the counter-attractions of cinema, motor-bicycle and golf course."

"The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking."

"One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries."

"Is 'The Wind in the Willows' a children's book? Is 'Alice in Wonderland?' Is 'Treasure Island?' These are masterpieces which we read with pleasure as children, but with how much more pleasure when we are grown-up."

"My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places."

"Golf is so popular simply because it is the best game in the world at which to be bad."

"I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself first."

"A clever conjurer is welcome anywhere, and those of us whose powers of entertainment are limited to the setting of booby-traps or the arranging of apple-pie beds must view with envy the much greater tribute of laughter and applause which is the lot of the prestidigitator with some natural gift for legerdemain."

"Bores can be divided into two classes; those who have their own particular subject, and those who do not need a subject."

"I gave up writing children's books. I wanted to escape from them as I had once wanted to escape from 'Punch': as I have always wanted to escape. In vain."

"I like to build bridges... not walls."

"We had the courage to face the superpowers that wanted a military triumph for each side they supported in Central America. We told them, 'No,' and presented a peace plan."

"I often say that poverty needs no passport to travel."

"India, Pakistan, China, Singapore and South Korea are heavily investing in nuclear arms. Since 21st century is the century of Asia, Asian countries should be the first ones to drop this arms race."

"To demilitarize the country means to make a profound decision. It is not enough to change the name of the armed forces. It is necessary to change the minds of those people who only yesterday wore a military uniform."

"No sensible author wants anything but praise."

"Personal adornment is the only cultural form that everybody in the world takes part in."

"'A' comes from Artist. And 'Boogie' from the Bronx. 'The Hoodie' part came from just having a hoodie on a lot."