The men who cannot laugh at themselves frighten me even more than those who laugh at everything.

People only tell lies when the truth is disagreeable to them, or frightens them, or to cover sin.

To take for granted one's blessings is a damage to the soul, and in time one will lose them, simply from lack of care. One should never tire of nourishing and treasuring all that is lovely.

Maybe right and wrong did not move, but understanding of them did. The wrenching pain of walking the same path, even for a short space, tore away the willingness to judge.

A good library can provide the furniture of our minds and the threads from which we weave our dreams.

We all try to forget what hurts us, it is sometimes the only way we can continue.

You start at the end, and then go back and write and go that way. Not everyone does, but I do. Some people just sit down at the page and start off. I start from what happened, including the why.

... She knew in her heart that to be without optimism, that core of reasonless hope in the spirit rather than the brain, was a fatal flaw, the seed of death.

The truth can be very sharp. But it makes a cleaner wound than lies. It will not fester

We believe world peace is inevitable.

I wonder how often in the past I may have missed the good in people because I pre-judged, based on the differences?

Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain

If you are not good at innovating, be smart in investing.

She was herself in their company but a very specific version of herself.

Quit planning your dream and start living it.

The first time I went to therapy, I had to stop going because they were making me hate my parents.

If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace.

There's all different kinds of people, but I don't think it's that unusual that once you get like a little power, you get to do your weird thing even more.

Communicate your passion clearly, concisely and with genuine conviction.

If you have no shame, and it’s your goal to get people into bed, how much higher could your success rate possibly be?

For an intelligent estimate of your technique go to another artist working in the same medium.