It was six of a half and one dozen of the other.

If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.

A novel rough draft is like bread dough

World will be a beautiful place only with beautiful minds!

maybe part of falling in love with someone else is also falling in love with yourself

Lord, I am in this world to show Your mercy to others...For my part I will glorify You by making known how good You are to sinners, that Your mercy is boundless.

I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had.

No use crying over spilled milk.

It is possible to modify your awareness to perceive what plants perceive, birds, beings in the astral, the causal.

Many species of wit are quite mechanical; these are the favorites of witlings, whose fame in words scarce outlives the remembrance of their funeral ceremonies.

Every actress has a line she'll draw, where she'll say, 'This I will do and this I won't.' For me, everything has to be important to the story and the director has to be able to tell me why.