Be patient, work hard and consistently, have faith in your writing, and don't be afraid to listen to constructive criticism.

Don’t give me that Christian forgiveness bullshit, Dukach. I’m a vindictive Jew!” he’d bellow.

This is a love story. It’s about the good old days, when men were men and women were women and books were books.

In 90 percent of cases, you could tell within a page or two whether the writer could write.

Publishing would be so wonderful without those wretched authors.

I've always loved the poetry in 'Pale Fire.' I think it's wonderful.

Poetry is really about your mental state or intellectual, and where you are, and you're trying to evoke that, explain it to yourself, whatever, you're trying to dig into it, analyse yourself.

I think poetry was always where I went to deal with my deepest feelings.

I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just sat in my psyche and then came out.

I think poetry should be read very much like prose, except that the line breaks should be acknowledged somehow.

The heavenly Father first forgive us our sins for the love of fellowship.

It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

We all know it's brutal up there at the front, especially those of us at the rear.

I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.

I don't chart out the life histories of the people I play. If I did, I'd be in trouble. I work with my heart and my head, and naturally emotions follow.

When the church really takes on the humble characteristics of Christ, that's going to lead to revival.

In the future, those who are not coaches will not be promoted.

Everyone thinks I'm Jewish. I'm not. Last year I got a call: "Happy Hanukkah." I said "Ma, I'm not Jewish."

I hope America manages to steer itself away from partisanship and back to patriotism; we are all Americans. And as long as I can make people laugh and feel better, I'm happy.