Being interested in a woman is quite another matter from being in love with one.

Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it. Sadness is just--well--being sad.

I love writing Christmas stories, especially of the historical variety.

Everything worth doing involves risk.

No matter how well a person writes, a successful book is a team effort involving many, many people.

Courage, like so many other things, was not something one did or didn't have; it was a decision, a choice.

I think we all like to get away from our troubles and worries with a good book.

I was once a single mother, with very few resources, so I have a special place in my heart for women in difficult situations.

I tell you that there are eighty-plus-year-old nudists cavorting on your property, Ashley O'Ballivan, and all you can do is laugh?

Wait until you see him up on a horse

Lincoln's heartbeat picked up a little, the way it always did when he rounded that last bend in the road and saw home waiting up ahead.Home.

If you see that you are a bundle of memories and words, the restless monkey comes to an end.

Don’t ask a yes or no question unless the person being asked can say no without hesitation.

Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

The highest levels of consciousness are wordless.

Once in a while an enlightened teacher goes out into the world and spreads the dharma. They attract some attention, and it is a great spectacle to see who and why and what is drawn.

This syndrome, SARS, is now a worldwide health threat... The world needs to work together to find its cause, cure the sick and stop its spread.

History is a tangled skein that one may take up at any point, and break when one has unravelled enough.

I just think you should get married if you want to have some kids.

Any time you stop looking at evil as a black and white thing, it's helpful. So the fact that there won't be any obligatory Islamic terrorist stereotypes in movies any more, that'd be helpful.

Southern change gonna come at last! Now your crosses are burning fast, Southern Man.