I became, and remain, my characters' close and intent watcher: their director, never. Their creator I cannot feel that I was, or am.

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Silences have a climax, when you have got to speak.

When you love someone all your saved up wishes start coming out.

Jealousy is no more than feeling alone against smiling enemies.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

We are minor in everything but our passions.

Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

It is not helpful to help a friend by putting coins in his pockets when he has got holes in his pockets.

Disappointment tears the bearable film off life.

Life is an endless sea of admiration, in constant collision with those who have aspired, to feel inspired once again.

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

Tiger Woods apologized to the three women in America he never got around to sleeping with.

The BIBLE redirects my will, cleanses my emotions, enlightens my mind, and quickens my total being

My mother was the center of the family.

The strongest human instinct is to impart information, the second strongest is to resist it.

Fast growth in a start-up is a sign that customers like what you're doing.

Justice and peace can only thrive together, never apart.

Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.

(We need) leadership that is tough enough to demand a great deal from everyone, and leadership that is tender enough to encourage the heart.