But above all, an author must write passionately and edit passionately.

I noticed you made a bee-line for their bookcases." It is the oldest and most incorrigible trait of the book-lover.

Autists are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It's that you're destroying the peg.

For our people, butterflies are a symbol of hope. It's said that if you capture one in your hands and whisper your dreams to it, it will carry them up to the heavens so that the wish can be granted.

The Lord sustained me.

Harriet Miers isn't qualified to play a Supreme Court justice on The West Wing , let alone to be a real one.

To write brashly about some things, it is almost necessary not to know much about them.

People who can write a book usually do.

It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity.

It is not the gift, but the thought that counts.

I think any good actor is an anarchist. They have to be.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do that with all thy might and leave the issues calmly to God.

You put all the other stuff aside and go out and do your job, and mine is to be the best I can be for my teammates.