My great fear is not that I'll run out of ideas. It's that I'll run out of time.

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.

Many people, myself among them, feel better at the mere sight of a book.

Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.

I suspected that there were things he knew that I had been waiting all my life to learn.

In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage and our identity as Americans.

Even if my marriage is falling apart and my children are unhappy, there is still a part of me that says, 'God, this is fascinating!'

Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.

Candy is my fuel. Ice cream, too.

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

You have to set yourself a particular goal

Make positive effort for the good.

We are at that very point in time when a 400-year old age is rattling in its death bed and another is struggling to be born.

A belief is not a belief until you can visualize it, unless you can create a picture of it in your minds eye, especially if you have no doubts that reality can be - or is - possible.

Holland seems like a quaint toy.

I don't have hate in my heart. I don't hate any person, place or thing...but I hate the Yankees.

Friends, do not be afraid of silence or stillness. Listen to God. Adore Him in the Eucharist.

Laws teach us to know when we commit injury and when we suffer it.

Walk on air against your better judgement.

I eat healthily because that's the way I prefer to eat, and I'm sure it helps keep the weight off.