History -- its what those bitter old men write.

We should all do something to right the wrongs that we see and not just complain about them.

A great goal in life is the only fortune worth finding.

The first time you marry for love, the second for money, and the third for companionship.

Once you can express yourself, you can tell the world what you want from it. All the changes in the world, for good or evil, were first brought about by words.

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all.

I think my biggest achievement is that, after going through a rather difficult time, I consider myself comparatively sane.

Pearls are always appropriate.

I think the major role of the First Lady is to take care of the President so that he can best serve the people. And not to fail her family, her husband, and children.

Americans care about their past, but for short term gain they ignore it and tear down everything that matters.

We live in a society in which unnecessary conformities are the very essence of necessity

A man of courage is in command of himself.

Jordan Mullen is looking at me like I'm something he wants to scrape off his shoe and right then my heart breaks, but somehow beats on.

Every page turnedshould be the page read

Chance is your godThough you're falling free you will land hard

If you become a teacher, by your pupils you'll be taught.

Fiction is about what it is to be a human being.

Corporations are reneging on pension obligations. Social Security is under attack.

Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.

Apple is to the United States government what Clarence Thomas was to the civil rights coalition. How dare you get this big sidestepping us.