How can I not believe that there is a God who exists and loves, when the people before me are infused with that love and pour it out daily?

The day we forget the horror, Sam, we will repeat it. Never forget your past. It will make you less human, less than human.

Honesty is easier when you have no face and no real name. And honesty, for me, is very easy on paper.

We didn't talk much, and the silence hung like a silk curtain, light and lovely.

He reminds me of a comfortable sweater that you pull on, knowing it will keep you warm every time.

Maybe that's what love is—sacrificing yourself to save another, taking the insult or taking the hit.

Love spills out of these people. That's what I want. Settling for anything less is a lie.

We were familiar with the line that separates grief from madness, and we know that sometimes the only way to stay on the right side of it is to scream.

In life, there are many hills and valleys to pass and you cannot avoid them! The most important thing you need is to know this: You must pass them!

It's not my fault everybody wants me

That which came to me as seed goes to the next as blossom, and that which came to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.

Those who would sacrifice a generation to realize an ideal are the enemies of mankind.

The information I have about Iran is second hand.

My creativity comes from an unhoned place, if 'unhoned' is a word.

The older I get, the more I think lightness of touch is an incredibly difficult thing to do.

If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come.

Love, acceptance, friends, two kids that I love. I have to take care of myself for them. I've also been a vegetarian for two years.