When I reach for my pen, nothing is out of reach.

..here's the editor's prescription, writer: 1000 words daily until next checkup.

Replace your old books with the book you've always wanted to write.

My ideas are a shapeless mass that my writing molds into beauty.

Never be afraid to write what you believe. If the message speaks the truth, others will fear your words for you.

Every word I write is another stroke that takes me to the shore of a completed book.

Replace your old books with the books you’ve always wanted to write.

Every word I write is a seed that I may nurture into a small, beautiful poem or a tall, soaring tree.

Your first written sentence is the foundation of all of your dreams.

Folding the laundry, completing another project at work, or watching television for the next hour doesn’t build your writing muscles. It only leaves them flabby.

By writing, we partake in something greater than ourselves. Pick up pen and paper or take a seat at your computer today and create something of beauty.

That's when I realize how much I don't want to be alone, how sobbing should not be a solitary sport..

We are humans first and the law always protects our basic human rights, but survival always remains a chance for any of us to go through hard times and make it through the day.

If you want to stand out don't be different be outstanding.

I would ditch school if my CD was scratched up or I couldn't get batteries. I wasn't trying to get on the bus and not be listening to music.

deferring gratification is a good definition of being civilized.

He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.

I still want to put together bigger and better programs to work with the community. I still think I could do better on that end.

It was the challenge of that that I found daunting, but also engaging and interesting [to play Maigret].

Great leaders state out loud what they intend to do and in doing so, they get things done.

Life is nothing but the expansion of love.