All death reminds us that nothing is promised, only that life was worth it.

Passion is not a reaction to an external event. It is the left over emotions from the internal battles you have won that propels you forward.

Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours.

It is not what you leave to your children that matters, but what you leave in them.

It is the apathetic person that sees the cause while the charitable person sees the need.

The purpose of any charity is simply to turn people's mirrors into windows. An outward view of the world's needs are vast in comparison to an inward one.

Hold yourself back, or heal yourself back together. You decide.

This music won't do. There's not enough sarcasm in it.

Too many things are possible in a dream. It's most interesting when you don't know which space you're in.

I think that old school style of 'I'm your parent and I'm greater than you' doesn't work. What I establish with my children is a partnership.

Inspiration gives you a desire. Decision makes it an intention. Action makes it real.

Once you've given advice to someone, you're obligated.

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift.

Mr. Vandemar showed them his teeth, demonstrating his sunny and delightful disposition. It was unquestionably the most horrible thing Richard had ever seen.

It's what you practice in private that you will be rewarded for in public.

any live man is better than any dead man but no live or dead man is very much better than any other live or dead man