The downside of being a writer is you get plenty of time to overthink your life.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

In every moment of our life, we can deactivate the self-destruction command.

When great men die in the race of life, they continue to live because the world can still benefit from their products.

He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Change is like a charging cow. Don't ignore it - milk it

We feel pain for every Syrian victim.

I saw...a kid on a leash. You seen these people? Kid on a leash? How horrible. Put him in the pound where he belongs.

It made you feel very small, very lost, and yet it was not altogether depressing, that feeling. After all, if you were small, the grimy beetle crawled on - which was just what you wanted it to do.

Take love when love is given, But never think to find it A sure escape from sorrow Or a complete repose.

I have a theory that the people who cook in jails are British chefs.