I am lucky in marriage and in dogs.

Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.

Dogs are voiceless ... a critical part of having dogs is emotional responsibility: learning how to understand them and, when necessary, to speak and act on their behalf.

A border collie named Orson inspired me to buy a 110-acre farm with four barns and a sheep. That led to a series of books about Bedlam Farm and about dogs, rural life, lambing and herding sheep.

Dogs and other animals - goats, donkeys, cows, a grumpy rooster - continue to change my writing life.

Americans have an extraordinary love-hate relationship with the rich culture they've created. They buy, watch and read it even as they ban, block and condemn it.

Actual evil probably requires much more creativity, passion, and political ideology than anyone at or near the top of Microsoft seems to possess.

Dogs are blameless, devoid of calculation, neither blessed nor cursed with human motives. They can't really be held responsible for what they do. But we can."--from The Dogs of Bedlam Farm

When an animal dies, it gives you the chance to love another animal. That's an insightful and profound way to look at it.

Taking responsibility and having faith in your own judgment will help you make good choices and decisions at the end of your pet's life.

I wanted it to be you. I wanted your eyes to be locked with mine during every fear and tear experienced throughout my lifetime.

I never felt I had enough personal style to pursue being just a guitarist.

The way you think you spend your time and the way you actually spend your time are rarely the same.

Well, Drew. Makes you feel any better. There's one thing that Kelly and this title have in common. They'll never be seen with you.

Sin is a disproportionate seriousness.

If you can educate Muslims about their biggest enemy, and if you can solve the problem, the ideological problem, it doesn't give an immediate result, but it's the best thing over the long term.

Without possessions, success, fame; who are you?

my sword reappeared in my pocket. yeah,great timing.now i could attack the walls all i wanted.my cell had no bar,no window,not even a door

That moment when Kanye West secretly records your phone call, then Kim [Kardashian] posts it on the internet.

The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons.