Happiness consists of living in the dailyness of life and not knowing how happy you are.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Christmas is the keeping-place for memories of our innocence.

Marketing is what a company is in business to do. Marketing is a company's ultimate objective.

That’s what a map is, you know. Just a memory.

The prison guards are capable of committing daily atrocities and obscenities, smiling the smile of the angels all the while.

People who have diabetes are dear to my heart, and I want to help them.

This is the unusual thing about nonviolence -- nobody is defeated, everybody shares in the victory.

I become an actor, a quick-change artist, as if I can trap the Prince of Truth in the act of switching a style.

If my gravy train stops at SAG, honey, it's been a great ride.

See yourself living in abundance and you will attract it.

No one has ever succeeded in keeping nations at war except by lies.