I never think of stories as made things; I think of them as found things. As if you pull them out of the ground.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

It is not objective proof of God's existence that we want but, whether we use religious language for it or not, the experience of God's presence.

A loving heart is the source of all happiness, all joy and all bliss.

Learn from your mistakes but expect your enemies to learn from theirs.

We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

In L.A., you are your job.

Outsiders often have an insight that an insider doesn't quite have.

Time is short and full, like an outgrown Frock - .

I left home at the correct time but when I was riding along near the hatchery, the crew was separating some salmon, I guess I just got distraught, watching them.

Because unity and friendship is so precious that even God wants to be part of it.

Imagine what Ivanka Trump life has been like? She's been eaten alive by the media. I have empathy for that.