I don't believe that life is supposed to make you feel good, or to make you feel miserable either. Life is just supposed to make you feel.

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

The music in his laughter had a way of rounding off the missing notes in her soul.

A loud voice is not always angry; a soft voice not always to be dismissed; and a well-placed silence can be the indisputable last word.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.

One should be able to return to the first sentence of a novel and find the resonances of the entire work.

a star dies in heaven every time you snatch away someone's dream.

Words themselves are innocuous; it is the consensus that gives them true power.

You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.

A pure heart does not demean the spirit of an individual, it, instead, compels the individual to examine his spirit.

If you want to change your life – Smile. If you want to change someone else life – Smile.If you want to be connected – Laugh.

My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny.

Superstition, then, is engendered, preserved, and fostered by fear.

One should practice much sense, not much learning.

[Petunias are] as hopelessly impractical as a chiffon ball dress.

When I feel difficulty coming on, I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem, my unconscious has solved it.

Even when I am gone, I shall remain in people's minds the star of their rights, my name will be the war cry of their efforts, the motto of their hopes.

If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm going to be very careful about that because I'm not eager to repeat myself.

I would argue [princess] Margaret is the tragic figure of the century.