And the poorest twig on the elm-tree was ridged inch deep with pearl.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

This story was a story of our time. And a writer's attempts not to fathom his time amount but to sounding his mind in it.

Have the courage to do what you're not ready to do.

We die well when we die with purpose fulfilled".~R. Alan Woods [2012]

Or deep down, maybe there was more. Maybe I wanted someone to figure out who wrote the note and secretly come to my rescue.Maybe. I don’t know. But I was careful never to give myself away.

My mother was really my partner in every project that I had. She was just the great enabler of my dreams.

I don't really ever live my life in fear. I really live my life in gratitude and feeling positive for the most part.

Creating a wonderful drama is an art form, while comedy is just entertainment.

When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.

Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.

All you really need to do is shift people just a tiny bit for change to happen. It doesn't have to be huge and humongous.