I write for the same reason I eat chocolate - because it is, undeniably a compulsion.

Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense.

I wish you a blessed beautiful Christmas with the fullness of grace.

Time is an imp—a pesky, little, hellish troll that hastens the clock when I smile but then delays the passing of minutes when I frown.

What's it like to be a baby? It's like being in love in Paris for the first time after you've had three double espressos.

The word spiritual, not the word religious, is the key.

Rebel, rebel, you've torn your dress. Rebel, rebel, your face is a mess. Rebel, rebel, how could they know? Hot tramp, I love you so.

To me, the imagination is the ultimate renewable resource.

God created marriage. No government subcommittee envisioned it. No social organization developed it. Marriage was conceived and born in the mind of God.

My mother put me on birth control as soon as I told her I wanted to go on it. I was 16. I was very young.

Remember the only sign of life is motion and growth.