I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Fear is nature's warning signal to get busy.

There is no remedy for love but to love more.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Don't find fault, find a remedy.

The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the aeroplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

The victorious life of a Christian depends on His correct thinking that is based on the word of God

They made burning statements with questions, and killing tools out of laughs. It was mass cruelty. A mood come alive. Words walking without master...

Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.

I try to decorate my imagination as much as I can.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

Land was created to provide a place for boats to visit.

No matter what does, or doesn't, happen for me in the music industry, getting to play the Opry as a kid was always be a highlight of mine.

In all ages of the world, priests have been enemies of liberty.

The 1970s 'Wonder Woman' was sort of a kitsch thing. It was a very specific time for that, and it's hard to modernize something like that.

The attainment of national independence is to me a search for truth.