"Most people in the university [ Columbia University ], including the administration, are very biased against the military."

“The best philosophy is to do one's duties, take the world as it comes, submit respectfully to one's lot; bless the goodness that has given us so much happiness with it.”

Source : Horace Walpole (1967). “The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence”

“'Captain Fantastic' was the first album in history to enter the (American) album chart at number one. We did it for a second time after that. Now that's not a boast, that's frightening.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“Great leaders have no need for reputation. Reputation is what you are in public. Character is who you are in private.”

“One reason I don't suffer Writer's Block is that I don't wait on the muse, I summon it at need.”

Source : Interview with Dag Rambraut, www.sffworld.com. June 5, 2000.

“A rationalist, as I use the word, is a man who attempts to reach decisions by argument and perhaps, in certain cases, by compromise, rather than by violence. He is a man who would rather be unsuccessful in convincing another man by argument than successful in crushing him by force, by intimidation and threats, or even by persuasive propaganda.”

“Publishing magazines costs a lot of money and people don't read magazines anymore, they're all captivated by Instagram. I have to reinvent myself every season to keep the interest of the reader. Twenty-five years later, my mission is the same: Captivating the readers, not flattering the industry.”

“When you attack the enemy, your spirit must go to the extent of pulling the stakes out of a wall and using them as spears and halberds.”

“Believe that if Allah wants you to know something, someone will tell you.”