One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

We hunger for connection but take pride in being distant.

Many a time, we let go of some really good ideas just because we feel they are too controversial.

Death is the great incorruptible corruptor

I savour the adulation and love I have been getting from my fans and the blessings of elders in my family. Fourteen years have given me a lot and I can't thank God and the industry enough.

I don't want to steal anybody's story. I very much want to use the stories that I hear to get lost in my mind, to tell a larger story.

I think most writers' houses are disappointing. What's much more atmospheric and interesting are the places they wrote about.

I have a lot of friends and fans in Canada and as a matter of fact I met a fan from there that came down to my office. It was nice and we took pictures and had a nice talk.

The fact was, I didn't know if I was built for happy endings.

There is no greater gift to future generations than that we do the work God has asked us to do: love one another, that the world might be made right.

The difference between insanity and genius is measured only by success and failure.