Every writer has something to say, but those writers whose works endure have dared to say something about the things that frighten them, confuse them, challenge them, and occasionally delight them.

Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can.

Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.

Anything designed to be inoffensive isn't worth your time -- life itself is pretty offensive, ending as it does with death.

I have never yet figured out what to do about good advice that you get, and that you know right away would help you, but that you cannot follow.

Adventures are only interesting once you've lived to see the end of them. Before that, they are nothing but fear, and being too cold or too hot or too wet or too hungry, and getting hurt.

Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy.

If you have dreams you want to pursue, the time is now. There is no perfect time, and there is no better time. There is only the time you lose while you're making excuses.

You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.

The only place you will be accepted is the place you make for yourself.

The definition of a writing career, is write a book, write another book, write another book

Some people do everything, some do something, many do nothing - which is bad enough - but the worst of the lot are those who break down what others have built.

The happiness of the bee and the dolphin is to exist. For man it is to know that and to wonder at it

How can you say that so casually? You're talking about the possible death of hundreds of people, yourself included."He gave a negligent shrug. "Wrong place, wrong time. Life sucks.

Just have fun. Smile. And keep putting on lipstick.

When I get to connect with people, I'm not in my head anymore and I like that, that's nice.

It is not what you hear, it is where you listen from within yourself that gives meaning to the message.

To think, we have the garment industry instead of nature to thank for the zipper concept when it would have come in so handy for childbirth.

Right now is the time for you to visualize and create your future. Make it as healthy and bright and joyful as you can. It's your life, and you're going to live it.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

I think that the essential instruction of the Bible is very much topical. The sole problem is that with every change of historical setting, you need to readjust the interpretation of the message.