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

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.

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

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

The power of belief is that is should change lives not create chains.

Praise begins a prayer.

Sometimes she arches away from me and wears a light halo of genius about her.

Understanding the world is a door to believing what we are, where we are living in and what we expect to come out of our actions.

We want to make sure that we incentivize the health care system to be designed to provide you the best quality health care possible.

I also felt The Kite Runner was a story that would lend itself well to a visual retelling in a graphic novel.

Dublin people think they are the center of the world and the center of Ireland. And they don't realize that people have to leave Ireland to get work, and they look down on people who do.

I'm a hard-working girl. I go to the office. I work a normal 9 to 5 job most days.

I look at myself and read what people say on the internet and some fans say the club should get rid of me - which shows how fickle some people can be.

Today, Israel is stronger than ever. Israel has defensive tools of its own - those developed in the past and those developed today and those that will be developed tomorrow.