I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me.

Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good.

Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.

I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE!

I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.

I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people you hate. But you must still dare to love. The rewards are worth far more than the risks.

There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.

Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now.

That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.

Was it still paranoia if all his fears were justified?

...is any history really all that ancient?...Doesn't every moment from the past affect the present?

Think about the people you love, appreciate, and admire… If today was the last day you could speak with them… What would you say… and what are you waiting for?

I am a part of all I have read.

Ralph Waldo Emerson“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.”― Ralph Waldo Emerson

Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More Bacon Grotius Pascal Cromwell Bossuet Montesquieu Jefferson Napoleon Pitt etc. They would be an Encyclopedia of Errors.

So trust the process of your life unfolding, and know with certainty, through the peaks and valleys of your journey, that your soul rests safe and secure in the arms of God.

Integrity, number one. Even in business that's predicated on lies I refuse to become part of the lies that is all-consuming.

The cancer in me became an awareness of the cancer that is everywhere. The cancer of cruelty, the cancer of carelessness, the cancer of greed.

Of course, actors look forward to the day when they can do a big courtroom scene.

See yourself confronting your fears in your mind's eye and handling those fears like a champ.

Tell him, we are not devils but we have friends who are.