All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad.

Sometimes poetry--words--give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough.

In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read.

I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.

What is perfect? Journey, a thing doesn't have to be perfect to be fine. That goes for a picture. That goes for life....Things can be good enough.

Life is made up of circles ... Life is not a straight line ... And sometimes we circle back to a past time. But we are not the same. We are changed forever.

My greatest fear is being somewhere without a book.

I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end.

You should know that there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be.

Fact and fiction are different truths.

There is always something to miss, no matter where you are.

It shattered something inside me that hadn't been broken before.

We can't avoid reasoning

Injustice is relatively easy to bear what stings is justice.

The death of a child is an incredible tragedy all over the world. Back in 1990, about 12 percent of children were dying before they reached the age of 5.

There is so much blood on this chicken-killer's hands, a little more on his business suit won't hurt.

I like Valentino a lot - they never use actresses in their campaigns.

Country fans are the best fans out there because of the loyalty, and the way that they apply your music to every aspect of their life.

To redeem creation the saint wages war on the entire fabric of creation, with the bare weapons of truth and love.

I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.

If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which they are built.