Everybody deserves to have something good in their life. At least once

I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

Don't sit back and wait for God to do it all. Ask for His advice, but be prepared to do the hard yards yourself.

A little hope goes a long way.

We may not be in Manchester but we will always be united

See? Memories aren't happy, they're sad. Don't you know anything?

Children know when they are being sold a sanitised version of the world, and I think that's a betrayal of the relationship between author and reader.

Once upon a time there was a girl named Debbie Jacobs and a boy named Teddy Dennis.

Any great warrior is also a scholar, and a poet, and an artist.

The music industry's actions at the time of 9/11 and since have been actions driven by patriotism in most instances, and greed and stupidity to a lesser degree. Sounds like real life doesn't it?

We are going to see a tremendous number of health professionals retire over the next 8-10 years. We are not doing nearly enough to deal with this problem.

We can't control what the ratings will be. It's like, if you're going to go skiing, do you hope you'll have a good day of skiing? Yes. Do you hope you won't break your leg? Yes.

God is not a slot machine. We don't go to God to get something; we go to give something.

Every mind needs friendly contact with other minds, for food of expansion and growth.

On a park bench on 12th street, my whole crew's famous, you try bust your gat and keep it rel but you nameless

We must treat each man on his worth and merits as a man. We must see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should receive no less.