Even knowing the ending was sad, I wouldn't have deprived myself the beauty of the story.

Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.

It takes far less courage to cling to the past than it does to face the future".

Don't ever be afraid to live. Because though dying is easy when compared to living

If you loved people, you might hurt them, dissapoint them, anger them, but you never, ever, dishonored them.

In order to win everything, a woman must know to lose.

What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.

I don't panic unless I have to. Wastes energy.

Ah, but being in love made you mean and crazy. Love made you act like a fool even when you knew you were acting like a fool and couldn't help yourself from acting like a fool.

Life was precious. Life was fragile. Here one moment, gone the next. Every second should be milked for all it's worth because you never know when the bottom was going to drop out.

You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.

See beyond the eyes can see, believe beyond the inspiration!

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

When I cook, my brain stops completely.

Well you know I've attracted a lot of criticism by, for example, suggesting that child benefit should be taken away from higher rate taxpaying families.

I believe that today's players who are Christians feel that it's important and their responsibility to acknowledge their faith.

The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.

The twentieth century must be a century of the Blessed Sacrament if it means to be a century of resurrection and of life

Most important thing, I am not a player who win the serves because I serve aces or free points, no. When I winning a lot of serves is because I am playing well from the baseline. That's why.

Arbitrary rules teach kids discipline: If every rule made sense, they wouldn't be learning respect for authority, they'd be learning logic.

What I am to be, I am becoming.