If civilization ever achieves a higher standard of what constitutes normality, it will have been the neurotic who led the way.

Malicious gossip takes the place of creation in non-creative lives.

What man can imagine he may one day achieve.

We might likewise say that humans are the neurotics of the animal world, in that they are the only animals who must choose to be instead of just instinctively being.

The dark has to be contained in the light or the light will be contained in the dark.

Many an author will speak of writing, in his best work, more than he actually knows.

Never give away your work. People don’t value what they don’t have to pay for.

imagination is new reality in the process of being created. It represents the part of the existing order that can still grow.

The more specific you are, the more universal you are.

In order to go anywhere it is necessary to be where one is.

The dead hand of research lies heavy on too many novels.

If you examine the Bible daily, you find the beauty of being.

I don't know where I am going, I just know I had to leave. Everything I was I carry with me, everything I will be lies waiting on the road ahead.

Because deep down you know that someone needs to keep you out of trouble.

You know, nice guys finish last, don't you?""I guess I'll finish last.

I wanted to tell my story and where I came from and my background, because it was not easy.

Tradition and conscience are the two wings given to the human soul to reach the truth.

I use other cookbooks for inspiration. I must say I tend to cook from my own cookbooks for parties.

Whatever the natural cause, sin is the true cause of all earthquakes.

A film that can be described in words is not really a film.

There are lovers content with longing. I’m not one of them.