Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And when you're not writing, READ.

Life continues, and we all of us keep changing and building, toward what we cannot know.

December is a month that is rife with nostalgia. If there's anything deep in your heart that you want to keep buried, you can count on December to bring it to the surface.

Desire is the key to your achievement and to your destiny.

"Mommy we're not going to be poor again are we?" "Not as long as you have that rare blood type."

You can't depend on the exposure of a TV screen to keep your feet on the ground and your food tasting delicious. You've got to push yourself.

There is a point. I don't know what it is, but everything I've had, and everything I've lost, and everything I felt—it meant something.

I've never seen most of the fashion reality shows. The only one I've seen is 'Project Runway,' which is great, but I don't watch television.

Jesus isn't a God who stayed on the mountaintop - he's a Savior who came down and lived and worked with the people.

We must muster the courage, we must find the will, we must do what is necessary to build a truly transformative movement that will end the history and cycle of caste in America.

Chance favors the well prepared. The more stuff you throw in, the more chances you have of looking like, 'I did that.'

When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars.