I believe we have breaks because we need them. So my suggestion is that you take the break. Eat chocolate.

Learning is not the accumulation of knowledge, but rather, one thing only: understanding

And oh I want so much to sing, I tell myself no. But it is so hard to keep from singing.

Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all kinds of things.

Secrets could never be rushed. They had to come of their own accord, on their own schedule. That way ,when they came , the offered themselves as a gift.

Forgiveness is a little thing when love is there.

I feel the stars. Each sparkle sets aflame the pain in my heart.

Or, in truth, eventually, though I still noticed, the callouses on my spirit prevented wounds (p.75).

Some affixes are wildly promiscuous.

Summer comes over the hill like a hairy blanket.

You have to live life if you're going to create believable lives on paper.

So may the New Year be a happy one to you, happy to many more whose happiness depends on you!

We have to realize only in communication, in real knowledge, in real reaching out, can there be an understanding that there's humanity everywhere, and that's what I'm trying to do.

I came into the world very young, in an age that was very old.

I've dodged bullets but there's no scandal in my life.

A good woman inspires a man, a brilliant woman interests him, a beautiful woman fascinates him, but a sympathetic woman gets him.

If leadership is, fundamentally, about serving others, then any one person should be able to move between being a "leader" and a "follower."

I'm the first to admit that I can't be as good as Tolkien, and a movie can never be as good as Tolkien.

Go on, dear brother; but an inch of time remains, and then eternal ages roll on for ever--but an inch on which we can stand and preach the way of salvation to a perishing world.

I'm moving on. I'm human. Everybody makes mistakes.

Why be a governor or senator when you can be king of Disneyland?