Good writing is good conversation, only more so.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Good literature is a mirror through which we see ourselves more clearly.

You can get to oppression through regulation, especially in an "Idea Economy" which necessitates liberty of the mind to explore.

The kids (in the Jesus Movement) weren't singing for themselves. It seemed like they were singing TO Someone.

Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.

Paul McCartney's dad told him that when he was a kid. "Son, play the piano and when you go to parties, the girls will come to you."

I finally learned to accept that I can't make radio play blues any more than I could get Reagan out of the White House.

This is very much becoming a reality in churches across the country.

You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.

I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people can relate to my characters.

Integrity, respect, compassion, and fairness become obstacles to people who think winning is everything