No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone but is beyond control: luck.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.

We are all dying of life.

Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.

Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.

Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn't be ashamed of, things to be proud of; she wouldn't surrender so meekly to a condemning judgment.

No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck.

Losing innocence. Remembering Heaven. That was the essence of Hell

The best that could be left behind by any man: children who had been brought up to behave responsibly and to believe in something beyond their own self gratification. (The Americans

Human beings may be inconsistent, but human nature is true to itself

When you practice mindfulness, you bloom like a flower.

Don’t focus on miracles, believe and be strong in eternal virtues like miracle.

And what's a butterfly? At best He's but a caterpillar drest.

Peaceful, lawful protest - if it is effective - is innately disruptive of 'business as usual.' That is why it is effective.

If you do a joke that's really old, then what happens is people on Reddit and Twitter just go, 'Real original, you're just doing old jokes!' But bands do it all the time.

There was one thing I was never going to do--no way: preach at a crusade!

To think I should have lived to be goodmorninged by Belladonna Took's son, as if I was selling buttons at the door!

The Side Effects of Dying in Your Pants isn't really funny… Alright, it's a little funny.

Traveling did a great deal to me. I found that when I travel and just sit in the corner and watch, a million ideas come to me.

When I photograph someone, I want to shoot the subject and get them out of my studio so I can play with the photos and do all the stuff I want.