Stupid Wars are easy to start but hard to end.

If you see those pretty thingsthat nature likes to showRemember all those seals that singAnd leave them there to grow.

Ever hurt so bad you want to scream ... or scream so much it hurts.

Intellectual curiosity and the human brain are the root of science.

Talking about God is not at all the same thing as experiencing God or acting out God through our lives.

I'm no mechanic but I can change my oil and I know what to do when I get a flat tire and I can hot-wire it in an emergency.

When I got into "Anna Karenina" and "Brothers Karamazov" and "Crime and Punishment," that was the stuff that - that had a big effect on me, because it was so psychological.

They kept the lie going, and the people loved it.

I try to seek out and surround myself with people who just percolate fresh, original, and creative ideas.

I think, writing-wise, I am probably more of a quilter than a weaver because I just get a little scrap here and a little scrap there and sew them together.