Brian Jacques Quotes

And now, I'm a best selling author, a different sort of fairy tale that I still sometimes wonder when I'll wake up from.

The fact that people are already reading and loving something I wrote is still hard to believe.

My family and friends have been monumentally supportive from well before I was a published author.

I still can't believe that I've achieved what I have. It's like I've lived a dream for about five years now.

I still pinch myself when I see myself on 'Match of the Day' - it's at times like that you realise how far you've come.

It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

There is no magic in all the world like that magic when you sell your first bit of writing.

I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.

I'm the luckiest writer on earth.

I still pinch myself that I had the career that I had.

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.

I've worked so hard for years, and it's just incredible to see my clothes in Dorothy Perkins. I got quite emotional at the launch.

I don't really love writing. I don't love the feeling of starting a new file. But I love the feeling of overcoming and accomplishing.

Dreamers become writers, and for me, being a published writer is a dream come true.

When 'Twilight' hit the New York Times bestseller list at number 5, for me that was the pinnacle, that was the moment. I never thought I would be there. And I keep having moments like that where you just stop and say, wait a minute - how is this still going up? I'm waiting for the rug to be pulled out from under me.

I never expected my books to do even as well as they have. I still feel grateful for it, every single day.

As we make our way toward the finish line that some of us have already crossed, I never thought I'd get a Grammy Award. In fact, I was always touched by the modesty of their interest.

Being able to wake up every day knowing I'm living out my dream of performing is the best feeling in the world.

I never thought I'd make it in the NBA, so everything else is gravy.

So when I look back at 'Saw' and 'Insidious,' I just think, 'Wow. Both of those films went way past what we ever could've dreamt for them' and it makes me genuinely thankful, like every single day, once a day, even if it's just for thirty seconds, sitting in my car, I have a moment where I'm like, I can't believe I'm here.

Everybody likes to look at the end goal, but when you sit back and reflect, I played on Team U.S.A. That's incredible for me. I think that in itself is amazing.

All films that I have done, this legacy, is a like a dream come true for me.

I do have to pinch myself at times when I look back at some of the things I have achieved. I really do.

To be given a chance to be in the finals was a dream come true, and I will forever be thankful to the whole 'American Idol' crew.