I write a book at least three times-once to understand it, the second time to improve the prose, and a third to compel it to say what it still must say.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.

The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.

In the great green room, there was a telephoneAnd a red balloonAnd a picture of a cat jumping over the moon...

When discontent sets in it's time to make some changes. In a world where so much is possible, yet so many people are unhappy, there has to be another way.

There is no God for sure, else how could one justify terminal diseases in small kids?

If we have received a precious gift from God, it is our imagination. When we tap into our powers of imagination, we are bombs of possibilities.

After my study of today's church, my conclusion is that the church is politely bored with God.

Political criticism is our enemies' best friend.

Surely it's better to love others, however messy and imperfect the involvement, than to allow one's capacity for love to harden.

Always remember, with a strong enough will, even the weak can wield great power.

For every force charged by God, may He be exalted, with some business is an angel put in charge.

When you do an animated movie - at least the ones that I've been a part of - you never see any of the other actors. It's all done separately with headphones in a voice booth.