Writing is such a powerful tool. I believe everyone should be writing.

Without my relatives, I am but a thread; together, we form a colorful and elaborate Persian carpet.

Most fruits, if left alone on a tree, eventually do ripen, especially if they're not being yelled at.

My parents are highly evolved worriers. ... If worrying were an Olympic sport, my parents' faces would have graced the Wheaties box a long time ago.

In America, Christmas is the king of all holidays. To be left out of Christmas is the ultimate minority experience.

My father's motto has always been 'Room in the heart, room in the house.' As charming as this sounds, it translates into a long line for the bathroom and extra loads of laundry for my mother.

Everyone except gamblers knows that gambling never pays. ... Losing, like winning, only increased his determination to play.

Elinor Lipman is to tweets what Shakespeare is to sonnets.

For me, writing clarifies things. It gives meaning, and it makes me see the connections.

My dad always says that kindness is our religion and if we treat everybody the way we would like to be treated, the world would be a better place.

... even though we belong to three different religions. We are alike in so many more ways than we are different.

God, please give us more grace!

Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.

Music is what feelings sound like out loud. I sing songs that speak from my heart. They tell my story, how I feel.

Men have come to such a pass that they frequently starve, not for want of necessaries, but for want of luxuries.

The audience changes every night. You're the same person. You have to speak your mind and do the stuff that you think is funny and makes you laugh.

As the body dieth when the soul departeth, so the soul of man dieth, when it hath not the knowledge of God.

I have an implicit faith ... that mankind can only be saved through non-violence, which is the central teaching of the Bible, as I have understood the Bible.

You know why I want to win? Because of 15,000 reasons inside of the tennis court.

There's a thin line between collectivity and chaos.

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.