Good stories must travel through conflict. And in epic stories, the conflict must become unbearable.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

God is my strength.

The wisdom of God and the knowledge of His spiritual principles are accessible to the sons of God

Leadership is about focus and concentrations. To be in focus, choose a clear direction. To concentrate, remain in that direction!

Your ability to see will never broaden when you only see yourself.

I've learned only that you never say never.

You don't know how hard I've tried to be left standing all by myself.

In the right hands, a comic strip attains a beauty and elegance that, really, I would put against any other art.

All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.

The need is great and so are the opportunities to make a difference.

We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other peoples religion, and we have a long tradition of that.