Pastoral Resources

I do have a small collection of traditional SF ideas which I've never been able to sell. I'm known as a fantasy writer and neither my agent nor my editors want to risk my brand by jumping genre.

It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk if he comes home too early.

If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.

The only risk of failure is promotion.

You must take the risk to disclose yourself in order to become more real, more human. And even if the price is high.

One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control.

He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest.

I'm a risk taker and I've always been like that, especially when it comes to fashion.

You can't get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover will be yourself.

The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy - yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible.

The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.

Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.

Dare to risk public criticism.

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack.

Prior to September 11, we thought the world beyond our shores was one world of risk and the world in our continent was another world of risk.

Today, the technology is there to give early and normally ample warning when a powerful tornado approaches. When a tornado strikes, all of us are at risk.

To get rich never risk your health. For it is the truth that health is the wealth of wealth.

I completely take on the risk, the poker game, which being an artist means, and I'm going to try to make a film which honestly reflects what I have in my head.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.