It's hard enough for me to write what I want to write without me trying to write what you say they want me to write which I don't want to write.

There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.

All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.

It's interesting, isn't it? . . . the chandelier . . . it reminds me of mushroom soup.

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.

Don't look forward to the day you stop suffering, because when it comes you'll know you're dead.

Caged birds accept each other, but flight is what they long for.

The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!

Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.

A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages.

Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families

Prayer without an active position is powerless to change anything

Do not be a people without a will of your own saying: If others treat well you will also treat well and if they do wrong we will do wrong

The sun rises each morning to shed light on the things we may have overlooked the day before.

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. ~Garrison Keillor

[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect.

The good die young but not always. The wicked prevail but not consistently. I am confused by life, and I feel safe within the confines of the theatre.

It is important for me to discover the ideal title, for without this title the story or novel isn't quite in focus.

I woke up early this mornin' with a new state of mind/ A creative way to rhyme without usin' knives and guns

I cannot stress the importance of pausing to take a few deep breaths throughout the day. It's simple and effective.

As long as it is hot, wet and goes down the right way, its fine with me.