Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.

We are all dying of life.

Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.

Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn't be ashamed of, things to be proud of; she wouldn't surrender so meekly to a condemning judgment.

No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck.

Losing innocence. Remembering Heaven. That was the essence of Hell

The best that could be left behind by any man: children who had been brought up to behave responsibly and to believe in something beyond their own self gratification. (The Americans

Human beings may be inconsistent, but human nature is true to itself

He could never be anything more than what he was: the inheritor of weakness and unbridled emotion, a creature possessed by the past, and carrying its curse forever into the future--

Testing time is the time for an increase in praise.

Arriving at an acceptance of one's mortality is a process, not an epiphany.

Kevin Feige said to me: "I don't think we've ever put an actor through quite as much as this, physically and mentally." I'll wear that as a badge of honour. It was endless.

Bureaucrats live on the fat of the land, while the rest of us stay skinny laboring to pay their salaries.

I guess when I really think about it, God's voice sounds a lot like my voice.

Gratitude never radicalized anybody. I don't care if they recognize the past, I just want them to get angry about the present and keep going.

I don't ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like 'em.

I don't care how rich and successful a man is. He's nothing without an education.

You are...Well, not exactly the love of my life, because I expect to love you for much longer than that. The love of my existence." -Bella

The consumption of petroleum should be conserved. We need to adopt some austerity measures. The people should cooperate with us.