People think edges are bad, but they are really there to keep up from falling to pieces. They don't hold us back, they hold us in. They hold us together.

Your future is your own again. And I consider that to be a happy ending to the story.

Sometimes wearing a mask is the best way to show our true selves.

Somehow difficulties are easier to endure when you know your dream is waiting for you at the end.

You gotta keep things moving. If leaving behind the past means you can have a better future, then, sure, why not?

An unanticipated destination, perhaps, but you must admit,all the best journeys take unexpected detours.

I want pictures like these. The kind that can capture a moment, make it real, make it last. I need pictures that do more than reflect. I need pictures that are truth.

Be sure of your heart before you speak.

Ah, but art and trouble go hand in hand. If you cannot be troubled to create art from your heart, then your art will never trouble the heart of others.

Make your own decisions. Make your own choices.

I try to make choices for my own life. And I try to make those choices count.

CUSTOMER: Do you have this children's book I've heard about? It's supposed to be very good. It's called "Lionel Richie and the Wardrobe.

The essence of a culture of honor is that it does not sanction predatory or instrumental violence, but only retaliation after an insult or other mistreatment.

Talent is God-given be humble. Fame is man-given be thankful. Conceit is self-given be careful.

If you ever meet someone who cannot understand why solitary confinement is considered punishment, you have met a misanthrope.

In the end there is no desire so deep as the simple desire for companionship.

Suppose that by revenge you might destroy one enemy; yet, by exercising the Christian's temper you might conquer three‌–‌your own lust, Satan's temptation, and your enemy's heart.

As a reader, I don't feel a story has an obligation to make me happy. I want stories to show me a bigger world than the one I know.

Science promised man power. But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and impotence. Power is nothing if it is not the power to choose.

Composing is like making love to the future.

My horses make very silly faces when I'm preparing their meals.