When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden.

My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal is not a bad idea either.

Now smile a real smile for me so I know you're not suffering inside.

If we expose kids to books and art, nothing but good can come from it.

Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better

Sometimes all you can do is say, 'Wow.'

Didn't it make sense that after something horrible happens, something better should follow?

Try drawing or painting a scene you're working on. Often this will help free up you imagination.

(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.

Today was a difficult day.Tomorrow will be better.'-Mr. Slinger

The best of who you are is not from who you have in your life, rather who they helped you become because they loved you.

Don't lie to protect my feelings. I'd rather you speak the truth with love and respect. I'll be fine!

She would not have another man push her aside like some appetizer, there to wet his whistle only to be left once the main dish arrived.No more. She pushed her thumb into his throat a little harder.

I want to be the best advocate and promoter for poetry that I can be.

My parents were great parents, but for some bizarre reason they allowed me to watch whatever I wanted on TV, we had cable. And I constantly watched horror movies.

The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent.

The way we see the world is not actually the world in itself. What we see is our idea of it. The truth is, we have no notion of what the world is other than through the veils of our perception.

Not only does "orthodox" no longer mean being right, it practically means being wrong.

I think he [Vaclav Havel] felt that he could speak more truth, in a way, through writing plays.

Learn from the rejection and turn it into an opportunity!