It had taken skill, tact, an ability to choose friends well, and a great deal of luck... Luck was always part of it, one way or another

It was different, though, knowing something in your thoughts and then hearing it confirmed, made real, planted in the world like a tree

Ambitions and dreams put you at a drinking table with unexpected companions. Cups were filled and refilled, making you drunk with the illusion of changing the world.

When people fail to recognize your work just don't give up yet. Because it's not always about the recognition, sometimes it's about the "passion" that we hold onto..!!!

Art is the writer not having control, but the subject having control of the writer.

Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it.

Do you think the Bible is accurate? I mean, do you think it's real?" " I think Pastor Calvin is hot. In a fortysomething way. That pretty much sums up my religious conviction

Stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will'.

Your obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. … The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one else could have written.

The world now contains more photographs than bricks, and they are, astonishingly, all different.

You're never rude,' she said, smiling, 'and I think it's good to be touchy sometimes. It means you care.

Negativity is basically laziness.

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.