As we write, so we build: to keep a record of what matters to us.

You normally have to be bashed about a bit by life to see the point of daffodils, sunsets and uneventful nice days.

Do you love me enough that I may be weak with you? Everyone loves strength, but do you love me for my weakness? That is the real test.

The challenge for a human now is to be more interesting to another than his or her smartphone.

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life.

Intimacy is the capacity to be rather weird with someone - and finding that that's ok with them.

Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough.

Don't despair: despair suggests you are in total control and know what is coming. You don't - surrender to events with hope.

One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.

To one's enemies: "I hate myself more than you ever could.

The only people we can think of as normal are those we don't yet know very well.

Your brother was a terrible traitor, I know, but if we start killing men at weddings they’ll be even more frightened of marriage than they are presently.

It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

If you let the image of the messenger get in the way of whatever message there may be, however large or small, that's your problem, not his.

My dream is to continue to be an artist who gets to be different individuals from different walks of life.

There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.

Don't worry, as long as America still has natural resources, you guys are okay.

I was born to do sitcoms, where you get an immediate response from the audience.

I haven't thought about aspirations for the future. I like politics, I like serving the public, and we'll see if God offers us another opportunity in the future.

Many store the Bible on their shelves; the best store it in their hearts.