It is not enough to get things done; they must be done right.

Poe wrote like a drunkard and a man who is not accustomed to pay his debts.

Pursue truth and people will be true to you.

The world is more than a game of cards. History is more than a record of gambling operations.

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

I'm a fake intellectual.

I grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia and one of the things I like to say is that one of the biggest impediments I had to becoming a successful writer is I had a very happy childhood.

Busy idleness urges us on. [Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]

I stopped looking at people's opinions. It's easy to get caught up in what other people think.

Medicines cannot drug away the cellular defects that develop in response to improper nutrition throughout life.

there is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.

I think I appear very innocent and soft, but I'm actually very dark and edgy. It's a weird dichotomy.

That's what God does. He doesn't try to cover up our flaws; He starts from scratch and makes us new.

Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume.