Only bad writers think they're good.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

When we live in the love of God, we begin to pay attention to people the way God pays attention to us.

Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness.

[Hearing] was distinct from listening, which could only be achieved when hearing was combined with giving a shit.

I just tried to keep my cool and continue with my race plan: to win.

Perfection is attained by slow degrees it requires the hand of time.

Convictions can best be supported with experience and clear thinking.

Once suspicion is aroused, every thing feeds it.

Success comes to those who are willing to launch toward their goals with no guarantees of success - and persist when there is every reason to give up.

I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love the beach. And I found a sand dollar there.