Man, I so sick of dinosaurs. They wasn't extinct, I'd go out an' kill 'em myself.

Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.

Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.

The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want to write, the better I do.

Ideas come to people who are receptive to them.

It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.

If you cannot stand a spoon upright in the cup, then the coffee is too weak.

I can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me.

Every year there's a few more things I'm not sure of. I've decided that a wide-ranging uncertainty is the mark of the true maturity of man.

I never know what I'm going to write next, and when I think I do I usually turn out to be mistaken.

Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears?

Let the change begin with your choices this very moment.

I feel like I've always had a sordid sense of humor, and it's only gotten more twisted as I've gotten older.

You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.

I'm absolutely flooded with a raucous energy to get out into the world and tell my story again. I feel like this is spring. After a period of shriveling, out come the leaves.

Every movie I've ever made has just kind of come together.

I mean, the 1930s are the birth moment of modern public sector, government-driven infrastructure spending.

Having my son, I mean, I feel already that it makes me a better actress. Just the feeling and the love that expands in my being is more than I ever thought possible.

Decide that no matter what is happening around you, the sun will always be shining in your world.

We must always be on guard lest, under the pretext of keeping one commandment, we be found breaking another.

I make up my opinions from facts and reasoning, and not to suit any body but myself. If people don't like my opinions, it makes little difference as I don't solicit their opinions or votes.