I watched a lot of movies. I was deeply influenced by movies.

Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much.

and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.

To be able to laugh and to be merciful are the only things that make man better than the beast

Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom we wish to strike a sympathetic chord.

It's courage, not luck, that takes us through to the end of the road.

It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.

Red roses for young lovers. French beans for longstanding relationships

I have come to believe that the best kind of walk, or journey, is the one in which you have no particular destination when you set out.

The more you write, the better you will write! So - keep at it!

But the trees seemed to know me. They whispered among themselves and beckoned me nearer.

Accept who you are and try and make the best of that.

There are things I cannot say.

If you have hooked legs, wear big decolte.

It makes me sad to hear girls constantly putting themselves down. We have these unbelievably high expectations of ourselves, when actually we're human beings and our bodies have a function.

When something is 'new and improved', which is it? If it's new, then there has never been anything before it. If it's an improvement, then there must have been something before it.

More is accomplished by spending time in God's presence than by doing anything else.

I have come to think that capital punishment should be abolished.

Laughter is the best creative medicine.

I live right in the middle of nowhere and I thoroughly enjoy it.

The thorny point Of bare distress hath ta'en from me the show Of smooth civility; yet am I inland bred And know some nurture.