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

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.

Wow. Who would want a fish for a pet when they could have a turtle?!

Travel with your thoughts to great land.

If you can't be the change, you can set an example for change. If you can't set an example for change, you can go and sleep! By all means, you can do something!

And I always say that to the children: “You are the greatest thing I ever did in my life!

In the nineteenth century, many Anglican theologians, both evangelical and catholic, embraced positively the proposal of evolution.

Love gives up the right to get even.

Basically, I'm for anything that gets you through the night - be it prayer, tranquilizers or a bottle of Jack Daniels.

An impersonal and scientific knowledge of the structure of our bodies is the surest safeguard against prurient curiosity and lascivious gloating.

I never took any vocal training

I felt like I was hobbling, like one oof the old crones from Act I of Macbeth - God knows my hair felt scraggy enough that I must have looked the part.

The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual.