As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.

Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.

A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise... Because this is how life is full of surprises.

In their behavior toward creatures, all men are Nazis. Human beings see oppression vividly when they're the victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.

As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

We must believe in free will - we have no choice.

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

There will never be any peace in the world as long as we eat animals.

I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.

The evolution begins at the moment when you decided to love yourself.

When I wake to the gift of yet another sunrise my first thought is to rouse him and say, I owe you the sight of morning.

I have succeeded in getting my actual work down to thirty minutes a day. That leaves me eighteen hours for engineering.

I never had anyone I could call “Master”. No Christ died for me. No Buddha showed me the right path. In the depths of my dreams no Apollo or Athena appeared to me to enlighten my soul

The only two questions that need to be asked each day are: Did I live wisely? Did I love well?

Communication implies communing, having a shared experience with another, not "talking at" or "talking down to" someone.

Impassioned characters never attain their mark till they have overshot it.

I never stopped believing in my ability or what I was doing. I want to pass that sense of faith and perseverance on to others.