Hardships can harden even the best person.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Libraries are the pride of the city.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

I like to think that I've got determination, and I'm fiercely protective of the people I love.

What should I do if my problems aren't all solved by the time I die?

The truest you can be is taking off those clothes.

Trust God for the impossible-miracles are His department. Our job is to do our best, letting the Lord do the rest.

To be honest, I was Mum's boy. Always was, always will be.

I'm not the kind of actor that gets crazy with [directors'] names, what draws me toward a project is the material itself.

The black shadow cares for itself, not for you.

It would cost Americans their jobs when they have to compete with millions of more [immigrants] for scarce jobs.

There's just such a premium on hurrying, and the camera is the be all and end all, and the actors had better hurry up and get it right and get it done.

We do not what we ought; What we ought not, we do; And lean upon the thought That chance will bring us through; But our own acts, for good or ill, are mightier powers.