An author must learn the principles of good storytelling only in order to write better from the heart.

Sometimes one must travel far to discover what is near.

Don’t misuse the pencil and don’t torment the paper.

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.

I find out in a relationship each person should support each other

Men die:and they are not happy.

Space is a precious thing to waste. You don't want to fill your house with anything that doesn't directly add to your happiness.

I was a Muslim once, remember, and it was when I was most devout that I was most full of hate.

People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes, now they wanna know where I buy them.

These aren't joyous times when we have war in Iraq. These are challenging times, and they're difficult times, and they're straining the psyche of our country. I understand that.

Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.

Honestly, I would think I would go way back to Biblical times and be one of the guys who saw Jesus Sermon on the Mount. It would be so cool to see what he was really like in person.

The death penalty can be tolerated only by extreme statist reactionaries who demand a state that is so powerful that it has the right to kill.