A library could show you everything if you knew where to look.

Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.

The most powerful words in English are, "Tell me a story.

Hurt is a great teacher, maybe the greatest of all.

I can forgive almost any crime if a great story is left in its wake.

I have built a city from the books I've read. A good book sings a a timeless music that is heard in the choir lofts, and balconies, and theaters that thrived within that secret city inside me.

Love is as irrational as hate and just as unpredictable.

Though the legs of a football coach are never so active on the field of play during playing time, his mind is the best or worst player on the pitch!

It was such a joy to see thee. I wish I could tell how much thee is to my life. I always turn to thee as a sort of rest.

Praise the wise man behind his back but a woman to her face.

God is a thing that thinks.

Acting is really instinctual and I think you can overanalyse what you're doing. A lot of it has to be based on instinct.

When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in.

You have to get out of the boat so you can know the intimacy of walking with Jesus.

Art is in the process of redefining our relationships to each other ... The creative minds are bubbling, bubbling, and I know the soup that's coming up next time is going to feed a lot more of us.

By my senior year in high school, I was friends with every group