American Quotes

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated by law.

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

That's all I want, to keep losing myself.

Spider-Man has always been a symbol of goodness and doing the right thing and looking after your fellow man.

Obviously there's something very seductive about movies, which can be attractive in a bad way if you're doing them for the wrong reasons - for money, or for fame.

My parents signed me up for classical guitar lessons, which made for two years of the most depressing Wednesday evenings.

In secondary school I was floating - I wasn't passionate about anything. I did a little sport, but it was pretty joyless because the competitiveness was too much to bear.

I've realised that at the top of the mountain, there's another mountain.

I've gone through my whole life caring deeply what people think of me.

I think too much. Being in my body is much more satisfying than being in my head.

I just think I've always been sensitive and had difficulty containing my feelings, and I've always searched for outlets for that, because otherwise those feelings come out in chaotic ways that aren't always great.

I hope that I'm always struggling, really. You develop when you're struggling. When you're struggling, you get stronger.

I feel incredibly awkward as a human being and incredibly teenaged still.

I don't believe anyone is ugly.

As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid.

There is still a difference between something and nothing, but it is purely geometrical and there is nothing behind the geometry.

If God creates a world of particles and waves, dancing in obedience to mathematical and physical laws, who are we to say that he cannot make use of those laws to cover the surface of a small planet with living creatures?

A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.

When you're on book tours, you definitely need chocolate. At all times.

When it comes to locations, I'm one of those crazy authors who has to see it, touch it, taste it, before I trust myself to recreate it for my readers. Having said that, visiting a locked-down pediatric psych ward was the most intimidating research I've ever done - and I've visited maximum security p

When I got my very first phone call that I'd hit the 'New York Times' list, I had a small rush of 'I've made it!' But the next morning, it occurred to me I didn't know what it was, so I called my agent and asked what being a 'New York Times' bestselling author really meant. He informed me that I was

What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to.

We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent.