People rarely do what they don't want to.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.

I once visited a village of primitive people.At village, I felt time and life moved slower.

What we should be asking is not whether we need a big government or small government, but how we can create a smarter and better government.

There's nothing like unrequited love to take all the flavor out of a peanut butter sandwich.

It's strange how a person can have a distinct distaste for herself, but still she clutches on to life.

Often, problems are knots with many strands, and looking at those strands can make a problem seem different.

The most important business of one generation is the raising of the next generation. Nothing else you do in life will be as deeply satisfying.

Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music, and poetry.

Jesus died as He had lived-praying, forgiving, loving, sacrificing, trusting, quoting Scripture. If I die as I have lived, how will I die?

All statements are true, if you are free to redefine their terms.

When I see someone I think is cool, he's a pretty well-adjusted individual. He's not too affected one way or the other by what's happening, no matter what's going through his mind.