Aunt Mimi possessed a horror of silence, which she battled with endless chat. The Typhoid Mary of the Telephone started her calls at 6:30 each morning.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

A lump rises in our throat at the sight of beauty from an implicit knowledge that the happiness it hints at is the exception.

My right side is paralyzed. I need no doctor. I can overcome my own troubles.

Can we move this conversation along, I'm getting frightfully tired of 'hoa'.

We have become dangerously comfortable- believers ooze with wealth and let their addictions to comfort and security numb the radical urgency of the gospel.

In case you never noticed, the path you never chose has chosen you.

I'm very close to my family. Not like these big stars - not mentioning any names - who lose the plot and don't know who they are.

In America we believe there ought to be limits on government.

Clothes can be important. I am learning this. For instance, often when I design and I wonder what is the point, I think of someone having a bad time in their life.

Sin is not wrong doing, it is wrong BEING, deliberate and emphatic independence of God.

The race cannot succeed, nor build strong citizens, until we have a race of women competent to do more than bear a brood of negative men.