That's all that death is ... Just a going away into another country ... Only the separation is harder to bear because there can be no letters to bridge the silence.

I've come to believe that every one who reaches the best that life holds for him reaches it through some Desert of Waiting.

I have to be by myself when I write, and I never know how long it will take. It is like making butter. Sometimes it will come in a few minutes, and sometimes I have to churn away for hours.

Remember, men need laughter sometimes more than food.

we are just as apt to meet the grandmothers as the wolves when we go traveling.

To callow wings no flight is too high to attempt. At sixteen all things are possible.

I’ve got something so lovely to think about that I’d like to go back and sit down in the garden, and just think and think until dark without being interrupted by anybody.

Faith does not limit itself by the idea of a world, a universe, a necessity.

You can only take steps toward the future you want. It's not guaranteed to be there.

There remains a natural career progression even though the tougher job climate seeks to delay it.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequence of any misfortune.

Hearing the missionary call has a great deal to do with what you are listening for.

Take back your picture in a frame. Take back your singing in the rain. I just hope you understand sometimes the clothes do not make the man.

You know, we travelled a lot when I was a kid because my father was wherever the work was.

Before you complain today, be grateful you have breath to complain with.

For a while I was thinking about moving the mouse with my hand.

'Grand Illusion' and 'Rules of the Game' are routinely included on lists of the greatest films, and deserve to be.