He was like a book, where each chapter picks up pace until you can't put it down. That's when you know you've made a friend - when you want to read more of his story.

Life is about mindfulness. It's about being in the moment, being aware.

The happiest people aren't necessarily the most successful, or the most popular, or the most talented. They're the ones who are interested in the people around them.

By the way, the other reason I agreed to help you is because I love your eyes. You have the most beautiful eyes. It's my weakness.

I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you

This life you cry up so much is what I wanted to extinguish by suicide, whereas my dream, my dream—oh, it has revealed to me a great, new, regenerated intensity of life!

Dear God, I must be dead and in hell since you're here.

, I believe in some type of free market system. I just don’t think you’ll find an example of one completely free from government intervention.

Nothing is so beneficial to a young author as the advice of a man whose judgment stands constitutionally at the freezing-point.

TPP is dead anyway, and similar deals in the eurozone are going nowhere.

My parents recognized something in me that they encouraged instead of deflated, and I'll always be grateful to them for that.

Conservatives like Palin and Reagan and others do seem to love the series, but so do people of all political stripes and backgrounds. I speak about the series' "radiant simplicity."

Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.

My work is has always been very, very personal.