Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

Normal is the average of deviance.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss.

While the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, "Man", And its hero the Conqueror Worm.

When I got [my] library card, that was when my life began.

I just don't know what I'd do without a brain, Simone!" I say. "I mean, what's a person without one?

We can discover the capacity of the mind to be aware, to love, to begin again

Longing for something fresh, for something no one else has said often leads to bad exegesis.

The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

Conscience is the absolute truthfulness perceived, which comes from Nothing, our true nature, and as such reflects things exactly the way they are.

Prayer is not artful monologue Of voice uplifted from the son It is Love's tender dialogue Between the soul and God.

Progress for black Americans depends on good schools because education is the last great equalizer.

Kalos Kai Agathos, the singular balance of the good and the beautiful.

Evident in every small act of kindness, it was love as a verb. Love that made me feel more complete than I had ever felt in my glamorous, Jimmy Choo filled past.

Your life follows your attention. Wherever you look, you end up going.