I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I dont believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

When you love someone, it doesn't really matter if they love you back or not. Having love in your heart for someone is its own reward. or punishment, depending on the circumstances.

The Universe doesn't like secrets. It conspires to reveal the truth, to lead you to it.

Many people believe that evil is the presence of something. I think it's the absence of something.

I think that's the moment when we all grow up, when we stop blaming our parents for the messes we've made out of our lives and start owning the consequences of our actions.

You can cut the ties that bind but not without losing a part of yourself. You can walk away and hide from the people who made you, but you'll always hear them calling your name.

The universe conspires to reveal the truth and to make your path easy if you have the courage to follow the signs.

We can't hold on to anyone or anything, you know. We lose everything except that which we carry within us.

It's strange how memory gets twisted and pulled like taffy in its retelling, how a single event can mean something different to everyone present.

The past is history. The future is a mystery. The present is a gift.

Hope is good. Without it, well, you do the math. But hope has to be like a prayer. Putting it out there to something more powerful than yourself.

Praying about everything in our lives and keeping quiet can keep us out of a lot of trouble.

In fact, now you mention the subject, I have been very bad in my own small way.I don't think you should be so proud of that, though I am sure it must have been very pleasant.

Painting is silent poetry and poetry is painting with the gift of speech

In a revolution one wins or dies, if it is a real one

I'm not an economist, and I'm not a proponent of shock therapy.

Incomprehensible jargon is the hallmark of a profession.

Love is the great truth we all know in our hearts and must eventually recognize.

The best way to make the most serious point in the world is to be as unserious as possible.

We are always running, and it has become a habit. We struggle all the time, even during our sleep. We are at war with ourselves, and we can easily start a war with others.

Will be the 14th time I've coached in Neyland Stadium. ... I've coached there more than some of their head coaches.