I wish my brain had an off switch. Maybe that way I could get some sleep.

It's okay to fail. It does not make you forever a failure. In fact, there are no failures really. Only human beings doing the best they can.

When I am alone, I drink my tea with pinkie raised, like a kid playing "tea party." At times, a fancy British accent is involved. Dahling!

I want everyday magic.

If you think someone is humble, never tell them so. You will unknowingly rob them of the very thing you admire.

Walking the Camino de Santiago taught me the wonders of physical challenge, the wonders of spiritual freedom, and the wonders of baby powder.

The night before a deadline, I usually am in desperate need of a back rub. And new wrists. And candy. And little mice to secretly finish the job while I am sleeping.

If I had a nickel for all the times I've been shushed in my life? Bam! Instant millionaire!

Each night, I close my eyes and dream. In the morning, I open my eyes again, but the dreaming doesn't stop.

Sometimes I dream so vividly, so expectantly, I wonder if I'm crazy...

I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a favor, and write.

Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

No matter what level of your ability you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime.

Now they can do all these magic things with computers. So you think you get to do something in a movie and you find out you don't get to really do it.

Nothing is more dangerous than a poor doctor: not even a poor employer or a poor landlord.

You have to be careful who you meet. You can't unmeet them.

If you tell the truth you do not need a good memory!

My favorite form is the short story. From an aesthetics stand point you really have to pare down to the bone. You can't write a throw-away scene.

Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

Marriage is an institution very safely guarded.