Terrence, the Roman slave who freed himself with his writings, once observed, "I am a human being. Nothing human is alien to me." That could be the motto of literature!

The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.

Each of us will have to make the choices that allow us to be the largest versions of ourselves.

It's like my whole world is coming undone, but when I write, my pencil is a needle and thread, and I'm stitching the scraps back together.

A novel is not, after all, a historical document, but a way to travel through the human heart.

I write to find out what I am thinking. I write to find out who I am. I write to understand things.

A book does not discriminate against any reader. All are welcome at the table of literature.

Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.

Everyone needs a strong sense of self. It is our base of operations for everything that we do in life.

I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle.

Every writer can tell you that a book is only truly alive when it finds passionate readers who bring it alive in their imaginations.

If your trust is in man, your joy will soon be buried in the cemetery. If you hope is in cars, your happiness will soon be found in the mechanic shop. You are missing it if man is your hope.

It is human to sin but divine to be saved.

I hate Billings Montana. They have a fashion show at Sears Roebuck - no models. You open a catalog and point.

In the blessings as well as in the ills of life, less depends upon what befalls us than upon the way in which it is met.

This is my 1963 Ford. It was the only car I could A-Ford.

MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough

Let us pray, and as we pray, let us make room for Jesus in our hearts.

Another threat to stability is the rise of Internet gambling

Creatures with no dreams of their own can do naught but destroy the dreams of others.

The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity.