Ideas come from ordinary, everyday life. And from imagination. And from feelings. And from memories. Memories of dust in my sneakers and humming whitewalls down a hill called Monkey.

Her smile put the sunflower to shame.

She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow.

if you learn to hate one or two persons... you'll soon hate millions of people.

Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don't rent them out to tomorrow.

Everybody has an angel hiding inside. When you die, your angel comes out. You can die, but not your angel. Your angel never dies.

When you own nothing, it's easy to let things go.

Life is populated with scarecrows—all those people and things that seem so scary and trouble our sleep. Isn't it nice to know that most of them turn out to be made of nothing but straw?

Who are you?' I didn't understand the question. I'm Uri', he said. 'What's your name?' I gave him my name. 'Stopthief.

How much better might human communication be if words were as precious as diamonds? If each of us were allotted only 100 words per day?

We long to be found, hoping our searchers have not given up and gone home.

The Kingdom of God does not come by Observation. It is hidden in the inner dimension.

It's not the speed that will help you succeed. It's the right DIRECTION.

From Jeff Greenfield: "I once asked Elie Wiesel "Are you an optimist or a pessimist?" "An optimist, " he said. "I have to be.

The superman exists and he's American.

You have authority over every storm you can sleep in

Rock bottom; that's a fishing term.

I'm scared of everything. I think it's only sensible to be that way.

Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money.

I found Mick Jagger... very bright. I always liked him very much and still do.

One person plus one typewriter constitutes a movement.