As it was, things went from bad to worse, as they often will when amateurs are involved in an activity that they perform in bad temper – or in a hurry.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

There is something to be said about the vastness of the earth, as well as the vastness of the heavens, in reminding us how small we are and how great God's creation is.

You cannot fix, nor are you responsible for another persons low self esteem

Stars shine so they can see the world, not so the world can see them.

To realize God’s undeserving love is to continually love others

Property is not the natural and obvious and inevitable concept that most people think it is.

The truth was always out there, you just had to find it.

You should tell the truth as often as you can, but in such a way as people don't believe you or think that you're being funny.

I'm in my mind a lot. I live there.

Thank you Madonna and fans for an experience of a lifetime!

I like density, not volume. I like to leave something to the imagination. The reader must fit the pieces together, with the author's discreet help.