Half the time I don't know what I'm trying to say.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

I truly believe that if you have more friends than books, you have too many friends. Or not enough books. Probably both.

Peace is such hard work. Harder than war. It takes way more effort to forgive than to kill.

Isn't corn like a meat or something?

Many people still feel so scared about spirit or ghost, not yet realizing that there are so many unidentified living creatures on this planet earth which might be even more dreadful.

I've done a number of things based on real people or true stories or based on books, and I'm a great believer that you have to be true to the script.

Imagine if we didn't have a President traveling the world bad mouthing America....that's the UN's job.

Listen for silence in noisy places; feel at peace in the midst of disturbance; awaken joy when there is no reason.

Every day is Judgement Day. Always has been. Always will be.

Back in my rummy days, I would tremble and shake for hours upon arising. It was the only exercise I got.