Every man has two counties--his own and America.

People think being depressed is just being tired and lazy. It isn't. It's more like being dead when you're still breathing.

The ambition of men compels them to break even the most heartfelt vows.

American poets celebrate their bodies, very specifically, as Whitman did.

My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird I like to hold.

All I am I owe to my mother.

Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

Our consciences are not infallible, and they can become warped or weakened if not kept aligned by the infallible Word of God.

I don't attach importance to great speeches or philosophy.

A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.

If you continue to think the way you have always thought, you'll continue to get what you've always got. Is it enough?