Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewriters.

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it.

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.

You can't make a difference until you dare to be different.

. . . the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks the valleys also are covered over with corn they shout for joy they also sing.

Effective teaching involves explaining to our children what they're already observing in our lives by example.

My feelings tried to control me on my run. I had to concentrate fully on forthcoming running and success. I wanted to triumph.

If you contribute to other peoples happiness, you will find the true meaning of life. The key point is to have a genuine sense of universal responsibility

People always say, 'A good man is hard to find.' You've never heard that about women, have you?

An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.

Cancer is a word, not a sentence.

Divine service, being the high contemplation of the mind, is at the same time, and pre-eminently, the peace, the sweetness and blessedness of the heart.

When you sing, you put on a persona. I hide behind that person on stage. You can feel like death, but you have to put it on. The audience wants to see someone smiley.