When you're editing, you want to be the perfect appreciator, not another writer.

You know the sultans used to light their garden parties with turtles? They'd put candles on their backs and let them wander around. Hundreds of them.

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

Being an editor doesn't make you a better writer - or vice versa. The worst thing any editor can do is be in competition with his writer.

A smile is a flower of a loving and caring heart. Smile with love.

We were both filled with the enthusiasm that comes from being with someone you automatically click with.

After one look at this planet any visitor from outer space would say 'I want to see the manager.'

When all is said and done, the unselfish acts of what we have done without asking for anything in return, will have said it all.

A man who cannot control his temper is not very likely to control his passions.

Barry Goldwater has definitely decided to be a candidate in '64. He will campaign in all thirteen states.

One thing leads to the other. Deforestation leads to climate change, which leads to ecosystem losses, which negatively impacts our livelihoods - it's a vicious cycle.

No matter what your past has been, your future is spotless.

Thank you, people who say 'Wow, you're really photogenic,' for not saying what you really mean: 'Wow, you're really ugly in person.'

Buddhism has a very beautiful teaching that says the worst thing you can do to your soul is to tell someone their faith is wrong.