I do love compliments, yet I'm often embarrassed to say what I think to the person when I get a compliment. I so often feel that they have not gone far enough.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

Life is pain. War is change. The raw materials of life hammered and shaped into something with a purpose.

So many of us are causing pain and suffering to ourselves on daily basis, because we do not know the value of life

A 'T' for Tess, a 'T' for Toby.

Failures and mistakes are lessons, keep study school doesn't deserv a penny to give what you remember from school is just the worst stuff.

I did stories about unexpected encounters, back roads, small towns and ordinary folk, sometimes doing something a little extraordinary.

My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path.

I hate striking out, doesn't matter what time of the game. I just don't like striking out.

Humans are, by nature, pattern-seeking, storytelling animals, and we are quite adept at telling stories about patterns whether they exist or not.

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them.

I am a control freak but it's important to feel strongly about the material you're working on.