I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving.

We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.

A friend is a gift you give yourself.

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today.

Make the most of the best and the least of the worst.

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

Nothing more strongly arouses our disgust than cannibalism, yet we make the same impression on Buddhists and vegetarians, for we feed on babies, though not our own.

It is better to lose health like a spendthrift than to waste it like a miser.

But all I could think of was how when nothing made sense and hadn't for ages, you just have to grab onto anything you feel sure of.

But I am a writer, and I deal in words, and I need to have them spelled out for me--precisely.

I like Easter. But let's remember that Christ's resurrection is not truer at Easter than at any other time of the year.

I have not survived against all odds. I have not lived to tell. I have not witnessed the extraordinary. This is my story.

You can't teach talent. You can't teach inspiration. You can teach people critical facilities. You can give them techniques. You can teach discipline. And you can teach them about the business.

When I'm writing, I think about the garden, and when I'm in the garden I think about writing. I do a lot of writing by putting something in the ground.

I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.

Yes, you can learn a lot about women, from what they choose to wear. You can learn even more by what they choose to take off, and who they take it off for.

I've never seen a woman half as beautiful as Jennifer Love Hewitt.

I think the rock'n'roll myth of living on the edge is a pile of crap.