All the dreams I'd allowed myself to imagine were nothing but pages swept away by the wind.

you can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends nose.

He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes, He who never asks is a fool forever.

China is constantly reinventing itself and so is the United States.

To a brighter light, to a promised land, you can feel the power, of the master's hand.

I love it when people want to interpret my books.

The book is an unbearable totality. I write against a background of facets.

I bake my daughter cupcakes for her school. I'm very hands-on.

Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just evaporate.

So many people are so busy being busy that they don’t spend time on the foundation of their life.

Passion is momentary; love is enduring.