The big steel wheels creaked a couple times, then started moving.

There's a thin, blurry line between humor and tragedy.

Things aren't ever what they seem to be when you first look at them. What's important is that you keep your mind wide open and try to understand what's going on from a lot of different angles.

I often tell young people that as a writer you are very powerful, that you can make absolutely anything happen.

I write because I love to. I'm very, very fortunate to have found something that I love doing that also earns my living. But to be honest, I'd write even if I weren't being paid to.

A bud is a flower-to-be. A flower in waiting. Waiting for just the right warmth and care to open up. It's a little fist of love waiting to unfold and be seen by the world. And that's you.

Work at your craft, write daily, and follow your dreams because dreams do come true.

Just like when there's a time that a smart person knows enough is enough, there's a time when you know you've got to fight.

But you just gotta understand that that's the way it is and keep on steppin'.

I'm the same age as my tongue and a little bit older than my teeth.

But don't ever call her ex-boyfriends by his name.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection

You should not honor men more than truth.

The function of a book is to provide a reading experience.

Those wanting to improve democracy in their countries should not wait for permission.

It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men.

A certain color tones you up. It's the concentration of timbres.

Dismiss the old horse in good time, lest he fail in the lists and the spectators laugh.

Is it not obvious that the more complex an economy, the more certainly will governmental control of productive effort exert a retarding influence?

I think human beings probably resonate with audiences more than bunnies, but who knows?

My smile is my way of saying: "You can destroy my body, but not my soul.