"I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come." ― Dean Koontz Topic(s): Hope More From Dean Koontz "I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself and to succeed in life." "There’s sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me in that I never wanted to be anything like him." "Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love." More In Hope "You just hope that you will get the opportunity to do what you love and pay your bills, and that is being a success as an actor."― Debra Messing "If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or Fight Like Hell."― Lance Armstrong "It’s tragic from how far we’ve come from ‘Hope and Change’."― Ted Cruz