The kiss grew into so much more than anything that had come before, unfettered by a time that strived to contain passion, born from perceived loss and glorious gain.

The world he thought he knew had become an odd thing, twisting time and purpose. But it had remained an unfair universe in the end.

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

My grandmother was an unparalleled storyteller who gave me a preview of how life might turn out, and also fortified my empathy.

However little television you watch, watch less.

Caution is the path to mediocrity.

You can't be both a writer and a politician, at least not a good writer. A writer must always tell the truth as he sees it. And the politician must never give the game away.

I have been doing commercials on camera since I was ten.

Fear is nonacceptance of what is.

God wants believers to take an interest in the well-being of the society in which they live.

I try not to pay any attention to clothes fascism and I'd rather be thought of as someone who has his own sense of style.

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so contemptible as the public that buys their books.