Do not let fear confine your life Inside a shell of doubt; A turtle never moves until His head is sticking out.

Enter the writing process with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery. Let it surprise you.

A poem is a spider web Spun with words of wonder, Woven lace held in place By whispers made of thunder.

The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone.

Don't search for inspiration when you have a task to do; Just start your work and you will see that it will soon find you.

Close your eyes and look inside, A mirror shines within; To find where you are going, First see where you have been.

Get yourself a notebook and write in it EVERY night for two weeks. Then stop if you can. If you can't, you're a writer.

STYLE IS NOT HOW YOU WRITE IT IS HOW YOUDO NOT WRITE LIKE ANYONE ELSE

When you write for children, don't write for children. Write from the child in you.

They say that love is always blind and that explains so much, young lovers always seem so prone to use their sense of touch.

Inspiration builds self-esteem, it builds communities, and it builds lives. It creates paths where previous paths didn’t exist.

When you decide to attack, keep calm and dash in quickly, forestalling the enemy...attack with a feeling of constantly crushing the enemy, from first to last.

Funniness is genetic.

We Americans want peace, and it is now evident that we must be prepared to demand it. For other peoples have wanted peace, and the peace they received was the peace of death.

I paint things as they are. I don't comment. I record.

We must determine to hear God's Words and put them into practice.

I have always advised men to read

To believe in your choice you don't need to prove that other people's choices are wrong.

What do I feel when I shoot an enemy? Recoil.

Who after his transgression doth repent, Is halfe, or altogether, innocent.