Healing is not about moving on or “getting over it, ” it’s about learning to make peace with our pain and finding purpose in our lives again.

If you ever expect to write fairytales, you've got to get your head in the clouds.

Goonies are good enough, good enough for me

We must be willing to learn the lesson that cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a gain for each individual nation.

It's nice not to have lines when you frown, especially on TV. I don't know why people make such a fuss about it. No one is interested if a woman has her teeth capped or her hair dyed.

Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe get a little closer.

I listen to jazz about three hours a day. I love Louis Armstrong.

When I started out, all I did was play my trombone.

I'd like to collaborate with Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige.

Why is it that the right people never wind up together? Why are people so afraid to leave a relationship, even if they know it's a bad one?

The good life begins with Christ and ends with me. I need to stop following me and stop trying to make life all about me.