A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.

Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency.

Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.

Handwriting is more connected to the movement of the heart.

We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded.

I used to think freedom meant doing whatever you want. It means knowing who you are, what you are supposed to be doing on this earth, and then simply doing it.

This is your life. You are responsible for it. You will not live forever. Don't wait.

Writers end up writing about their obsessions. Things that haunt them; things they can’t forget; stories they carry in their bodies waiting to be released.

It is odd that we never question the feasibility of a football team practicing long hours for one game; yet in writing we rarely give ourselves the space for practice.

Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.

Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure.

God is but a supernatural spirit. He resides dormant in you, until you awaken to liberate yourself from this ignorance that you are body and mind.

When God throws something your way, catch it!

Youth is a failing only tooeasily outgrown.

Leave it to you to find a legal way to do something illegal (Candler)

Books are the most worthy companions to take with you on this bitter-sweet journey known as life.

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... but I am too busy thinking about myself.

In case of doubt, attack.

I recall my fleeting instants in Savannah as the taste of a cup charged to the brim.

The phone company handles 84 billion calls a year-everything from kings, queens, and presidents to the scum of the earth.

That dreams have power only over your own mind. But with money you can have power over the minds of others