Your boast does not take you in any place, But your love, YES.

still, all we need is a heart of joy that earnestly seeks His will and His plan.

There are people out there waiting for you. Indeed, you are the only one who can bring joy in the heart of people. Yes, sometimes only with one smile.

Call on God but row away from the rocks.

One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.

Finally, it occurs to me that the biggest problem with our elections is that however you vote, you wind up electing a politician.

There is nothing of which we are more ashamed than of not being ourselves. And there is nothing which brings us greater joy and happiness than to think, feel, and say what is ours.

Long patience and application saturated with your heart's blood-you will either write or you will not-and the only way to find out whether you will or not is to try.

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.

who is the love of my life? Maybe I don't have one. Maybe it's not love at all. But if it's not love, then what is it? I wish I knew.

Make yourself do something stupid so when you really do something stupid you won't feel so bad

If you write a bunch of different characters with a bunch of different opinions, you end up with these long scenes of everyone standing around talking.

The pure mind is itself Brahman; it therefore follows that Brahman is not other than the mind of the sage.