Comedy, I imagine, is harder to do consistently than tragedy, but I like it spiced in the wine of sadness.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.

The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.

God recognizes celebration

She was tired of everyone deciding her life for her. She was ready to figure out who she really was--not what anyone else told her to be.

Charlotte looked up doubtfully, wondering why, as she got older, she seemed to be more afraid of things, not less.

It is eternity now. I am in the midst of it. It is about me in the sunshine

The Library is the heart of the University.

Television won't last because people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.

I don't really want to do the Hollywood thing, I think you ought to try to say something with your movies.

Eventually, you will come to understand that love heals everything, and love is all there is.

Work your vein till it is exhausted, or conducts you to a broader one.

If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each morning, the devil gets the victory through the day. I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer.