Each of us is tied, in some fashion, to the past. We are all part of a continuum.

For I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know.

Something about your life always makes its way into your stories. Thats just the nature of the beast.

There's something about a blank page that makes me tingle.

I'm an artist...The difference is that I don't tell anybody. I refuse to give them new reasons to laugh at me.

Son, don't mind what's missing. Count allthat's free: friendship, laughter, all thelove your heart can carry, and time -- count time.

Round still, but that's fine.Feeling good outside and in.Maybe I'm not thin, but skinny isn't perfect.The perfect size is happy.

... And the only way to find that honesty is to not overthink it.For your writing to come alive--to be multi-dimensional--you must barter away some control.

Doubt is a lot like faith

Her [Odette's] eyes were beautiful, but so large they seemed to droop beneath their own weight, strained the rest of her face and always made her appear unwell or in a bad mood.

There is no night in the life of brave, just like there is much rest in the hearts of the lazy ones.

I will work every single day to make sure that America continues to be the greatest nation on earth.

That's the only dog I know who can smell someone just thinking about food.

I think just being on 'One Tree Hill' has given me a lot of confidence.

Pleasure, when it is a man's chief purpose, disappoints itself; and the constant application to it palls the faculty of enjoying it.

Painting is about the beauty of space and the power of containment.

I felt like I was trailblazing. And that's what I did.