I'm not insane, sir. I have a finely calibrated sense of acceptable risk.

Engrave this in your brain: EVERY WRITER GETS REJECTED. You will be no different.

If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.

I am not responsible for actions of the imaginary version of me you have inside your head.

I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me.

Part of what makes us human is what we mean to other people, and what people mean to us.

I thought I saw him once, but it turned out to be a yeti

There's a difference between the fact that the universe is inherently unfair on a cosmic level, and the fact that life is unfair because people are actively making it so.

When you're a teenager and you're in love, it's obvious to everyone but you and the person you're in love with.

Christianity is a fine religion and I wish more Christians practiced it.

Don’t discount that part of who he was just because you didn’t know it. None of us are all of who we are to any one person.

If you are afraid to take a chance, take one anyway. What you don't do can create the same regrets as the mistakes you make.

The grace of endurance is the great power of God at work within us.

So, Sheriff, " she said. "How do you feel about a life of crime?

We are all sorry for something. It's what makes us human, says Seda. But sometimes empathy is not enough. Sometimes empathy needs to be followed by action.

I have voted in support of efforts in the Senate to enact a Constitutional amendment that would have limited marriage to one man and one woman only.

Tis true, 'tis certain; man, though dead, retains Part of himself; the immortal mind remains.

When you look at Hitler and those thugs, you can put Walmart right next to them.

As humans we like to laugh at our fears, we like to whistle in the dark.

So often we are depressed by what remains to be done and forget to be thankful for all that has been done.

I think that the reality is, is that there's a shift in the mood in the USA that's very anti-Washington.