Smell is the voice of the soul.

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

I do like the world quite a lot.

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or a new thing in an old way.

The truth and the facts aren't necessarily the same thing. Telling the truth is the object of all art; facts are what the unimaginative have instead of ideas.

As for an eternity in heaven - that would be hell!

We found ourselves in a hole that I didn't dig, but I have dug, dug and dug to try to get out of that hole.

I still have certain goals that I want. Grammies... Other awards... an Oscar one day.

I'm a very old man. I've had lots of problems. Most of them never happened..!

A healthy strong ego, with plenty of self-esteem, does not feel itself threatened by every innocent remark.

If there are ripples on the surface of a lake, we cannot see the depth. Similarly unless the mind is restful, we cannot experience the harmony and union within us.

Concentrate on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.

Do not neglect your music. It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you.