I seemed to be the only person I knew without a plan that would put the world on its feet and wipe the tear from every eye. No wonder I felt like a stranger in my own land.

On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.

I was afraid and did not know what I feared, which is the worst kind of fear.

...so Leola thought that a modest romance with a hero in embryo could do no harm - might even be a patriotic duty.

But what I knew then was that nobody-not even my mother-was to be trusted in a strange world that showed very little of itself in the surface.

He [Jesus] had a terrible temper, you know, undoubtedly inherited from His Father.

I was a talking lover, which most women hate.

Celebrate people irrespective of their status or position

People who feel pain, that’s common. Someone who uses pain to create, this is an Artist.

I've got to watch myself these days. It's too exciting watching anyone else.

The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.'

It has been always held for a special principle in friendship that prosperity provideth but adversity proveth friends.

The worst prohibition, it must be said, is a prohibition on thinking - and that, sadly, is what the U.S. government is guilty of today.

A bee is never as busy as it seems; it's just that it can't buzz any slower.

I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.

One has to set high standards... I can never be happy with mediocre performance.

I think I would abolish schools which systematically inculcate sectarian beliefs.