The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Only bad writers think they're good.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

I may not always be with you But when we're far apartRemember you will be with meRight inside my heart

What we think & how we think plays a major role in creating the life we live. If you want to change your life, change the way you look at things around.

If I've learned anything this trip, it's that you have to take responsibility for what you don't do, as well as what you do.

I would encourage the next commander in chief to be more cooperative and communicative with Congress, particularly when entering a conflict.

How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.

Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues - honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us discard all covetousness and greed.

Is there any mystery like who you finally turn out to be.

If a kiss could be seen I think it would look like a violet.

I always like to plan ahead of time and follow up.

If it takes seven days to make a living, you ought to be doing something else.