In the life of a real writer, nothing is ever lost, no word you write is a waste of your time or energy.

We need to break free from the habits of mind and behavior, to discover the possibilities of who we can become.

Remember, the essence of storytelling demands that we place our main characters on a path. A quest with something at stake, with something to do, to achieve, to learn, and to change.

If you’ve ever wondered why some writers who, in your humble opinion, don’t write as well as you do yet are rich and famous while you struggle onward, this is the reason. They are great directors.

Men leave women for other women. Women leave men for another way of life.

A clever trick does not a concept make.

It's okay to judge a man but never judge his dreams.

If there were a party of those who aren't sure they're right, I'd belong t

The most striking thing about the rich is the gracious democracy of their manners -- and the crude vulgarity of their way of life.

It is time to end the discrimination against people who need treatment for chemical addiction. It is time for Congress to deal with our Nation's number one public health problem.

I turned my hair dark and have received much better parts ever since.

Prose is prose because of what it includes; poetry is poetry because of what it leaves out.

The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. And peace begins with a smile.

Wicked sons do not have the Holy Ghost in the same way as do beloved sons, and yet they do have Baptism. So, too, heretics do not have the Church as Catholics have, even though they have Baptism.

Whoever says the Smiths have split shall be severely spanked by me with a wet plimsoll.

When your confidence goes up, your competence goes up the same time.