The obstacles in our path are not blocking us-they are redirecting us. Their purpose is not to interfere with our happiness; it is to point us toward….

It makes sense in that environment that you would hold on in the U.S. government to the people who know their way around this particular block..

I went and got a tire tool out of my truck, and straightened him out as cold as a block of ice. It was an attitude adjustment, and it'll work every t….

I don't want any funny business, and above all I don't want to be dragged into other people's funny business. If it's to be my head on the block, I w….

Americans spend about 6 billion hours a year collecting the data and filling out the forms. We spend $10 billion to H&R Block and other preparers. An….

Marriage is the basic building block of civilization. We are redefining it at our own peril..

The walk liberating, I was released from forms, from the perpendiculars, straight lines, blocks, boxes, binds of thought into the hues, shadings, ris….

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement..

I had writers block for months afterwards because I was just so taken aback by all of the sounds I was hearing. It's almost like hearing the most bea….

Close your mouth, block off your senses, blunt your sharpness, untie your knots, soften your glare, settle your dust. This is the primal identity..

I think virgins are far more interesting to write about. If we've been around the block a few times, we know what to expect. Not so with virgins..

It's just as well that I write in the same facile way wherever I am - no blocks or anguish, no contemplation, no elaborate revision, no need for love….

A majority of women seem to consider themselves sent into the world for the sole purpose of displaying dry goods, and it is only when acting the part….

I think that it's difficult to talk about large questions of economics or social policy without understanding the building blocks of society. And tho….

For me, fantasy and speculative science fiction are the genres that feel closest to how I feel about being alive. Like, when I feel the most invigora….

The beauty of doing film is that you construct whatever you do block by block and you can build something that will stay..

My father had been in the military and he was a weapons specialist, so he had an affinity for weapons but also for the discipline of it. He taught us….

I think Justin Bieber played a couple of songs up the block from it - and they said that some-one in his camp came and got him a burger. We had been ….

I don't believe in writer's block, writing well is very easy; it's writing horribly, the horrible work necessary to do to get to writing well, that i….

Demon Pox, oh, Demon Pox Just how is it acquired? One must first go to the bad part of town Until one is very tired Demon Pox, oh, Demon Pox I had it….

Try something. And never be afraid to fail. That failure is useful too. It's just another building block..