I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.

Sometimes poetry--words--give us a small, lovely look at ourselves. And sometimes that is enough.

In a way, my childhood was one long bunch of pages... I read and read and read.

What is perfect? Journey, a thing doesn't have to be perfect to be fine. That goes for a picture. That goes for life....Things can be good enough.

Life is made up of circles ... Life is not a straight line ... And sometimes we circle back to a past time. But we are not the same. We are changed forever.

My greatest fear is being somewhere without a book.

I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end.

You should know that there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be.

All the world can be found in poetry. All you need to see and hear. All the moments, good and bad, joyous and sad.

Fact and fiction are different truths.

There is always something to miss, no matter where you are.

If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work.

...futility is being sorry while doing nothing to remove the cause ...

Many a criminal has finally given himself over to the authorities because the accusations of a guilty conscience were worse than prison bars.

Past and to come seems best things present worst.

It doesn't have to be happy music to be inspiring.

There is no movement in Nirvana. There is no sameness. And one does not consider it to be timeless because one is not one. It is you, my friend, who go away.

I was a huge fan of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.

As God's followers, we must be ever watchful not to allow diluted teachings or secular philosophies to creep into our doctrine.

And so Galahad decided that it would be a disgrace to set off on a quest with the other knights. Alone he would enter the dark forest where there was no path. This is the myth of The Hero's Journey.