As the writer you are the puppet-master and can control everything. Believe me, that is a whole lot of fun because it ain't something that's going to be happening very often in real life!

There's a thin, blurry line between humor and tragedy.

Things aren't ever what they seem to be when you first look at them. What's important is that you keep your mind wide open and try to understand what's going on from a lot of different angles.

I often tell young people that as a writer you are very powerful, that you can make absolutely anything happen.

I write because I love to. I'm very, very fortunate to have found something that I love doing that also earns my living. But to be honest, I'd write even if I weren't being paid to.

A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower in waiting. Waiting for just the right warmth and care to open up. It's a little fist of love waiting to unfold and be seen by the world. And that's you.

Work at your craft, write daily, and follow your dreams because dreams do come true.

Just like when there's a time that a smart person knows enough is enough, there's a time when you know you've got to fight.

But you just gotta understand that that's the way it is and keep on steppin'.

I'm the same age as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth.

But don't ever call her ex-boyfriends by his name.

Sometimes you gotta listen your brain to save your heart.

It is not really a small thing when in small things we resist self.

I don't carry little purses. I carry big duffels, always.

A genuine desire to be ONE enhances our lives with peace and power.

The world's tragedy is that men love women, women love children, and children love hamsters.

What's the hurry? Are you afraid I won't come back?

I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas.

Great players crave instruction on their weaknesses.

The lead singer of Creed says he won’t endorse President Obama. Well that settles it -- Obama will not win the 1998 presidential election.

I think it's important that people stand up for what they believe in. It's important that people discuss things.