Do not judge. Never presume to judge another human being anyway. That's up to heaven.

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.

The best thing about being an author is the unspoken approval to dream while awake.

Part of elegy is confrontation - not just with the idea of death, but with the person who has died.

Meditation is one of the most direct and powerful ways to awaken to who we really are and to experience happiness as a state of consciousness that already exists within us.

It's important to learn the right lessons from the past.

Like the fact that the person Sirius cared for the most about in the world was you," said Dumbledore quietly.

On Wall Street, there is no "Wall Street"; there are individuals.

Nothing is more tedious than the dreaming platitude.

But no matter what was going on in our lives, I could imagine lying beside her in bed at the end of the day, holding her while we talked and laughed, lost in each other's arms

When you go up in the ranking, for sure you have more friends.

We do not understand and then obey: that is instruction. We obey by faith, and then we understand: that is illumination.