No use fanning up hot coals when you have to walk across them.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

There comes a time in a man's life when to get where he has to go - if there are no doors or windows he walks through a wall.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

Revision is one of the exquisite pleasures of writing.

Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.

Life is a tragedy full of joy.

The purpose of freedom is to create it for others.

The wild begins where you least expect it, one step off your normal course

We can't all be friends and relatives as the world is; most of us have to be strangers.

The whole history of baseball has the quality of mythology.

Angel blinked hard and bit her lip, trying to stop the quivering of her chin. “I feel like I’ve waited my whole life for him, waited to get to this point where I could appreciate and value him most.

Women are so unforgiving of themselves. We don't recognize our own beauty because we're too busy comparing ourselves to other people.

That's my mathematician who examines problems which I put before him and checks their validity. You see, I am not myself a good mathematician.

I don't know if I'm sexist, though I have not paid much attention to the women's bracket.

The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.

What has impressed me the most about the Italians whose tables we've sat at is that they are traditional cooks but also outrageously innovative. These people are wild improvisers.

The silence of a wise man is always meaningful.

If I can't have my own mate and my own children, then I can at least have my own kingdom.

If the world ever advances beyond what it is today, it must be led by men who express their real opinions.

Happy Wednesday! Practice compassion. Lift others. Learn to encourage rather than criticize. You'll feel better when you help others feel better.