People only go to the places they have visited first in their minds.

Never been to Sesame Street but I flip a Big Bird. And I know "stealers" and they not from Pittsburgh.

Sometimes broken things deserve to be repaired.

The most difficult battles in life are those we fight within. - Old Chinese Proverb

Literature is a cake with many toys baked inside--and even if you find them all, if you don't enjoy the path that leads you to them, it will be a hollow accomplishment.

If people realized someone would be sorting through their trash, would they be more careful in what they throw away?

I live in a zoo I run scandals with savages

Baby boy, go hire a squadron My crib got more poles than a fire department.

Literature has the power to change lives, minds, and hearts.

I wouldn't call and tell anybody on him, but I'd probably move. But I'm not gonna call and be like, 'The serial killer's in 4E.'

I'm from where...Rich and A hit the kitchen they were pitchin up

When we have suffered a little while, we are restored in strength.

If I’m going down, I’m going down with lipstick on.

Get out on the stage of life.

My first job was scooping ice cream at Friendly's in Albany, New York. I hated the work, most of my colleagues, and the uniform, and I more or less lost my taste for ice cream permanently.

A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must be something wrong with this fellow.

In terms of going into the West Wing, I will do whatever the president-elect and the vice president-elect - I worked with Mike Pence for 10 years - they believe is my best and highest use for them.

One of the big dangers is to pretend that you can follow a predictable process when you can't.

It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.

Everyone has a story that makes me stronger. I know that the work I do is important and I enjoy it, but it is nice to hear the feedback of what we do to inspire others.

Basic principles: no matter what, no matter when, no matter who... any man has a chance to sweep any woman off her feet. He just needs the right broom.