There have been bleak nights along my way, many of my own making, but life is all the brighter for them now. To the human eye, without the darkness there are no stars.

Meditation is like hearing a voice on the telephone: there might be slight delays if the line is not perfect, but it is otherwise direct and requires no effort other than listening

Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes ones fear, but the human being who has contact with it.

It takes something of a poet to apprehend and get into the depth, the lusciousness, the spiritual life of a great poem. And so we must be in some way like God in order that we may see God as He is.

I like being able to provide consistent and frequent literary choices for my fans.

The problems of health care can be solved if we stop giving tax cuts to those who have the most, and start making health care affordable for those working harder and harder for too little.

I write to reach people's common sense and intelligence, to show them that if they unite they can make a different world possible.

I think the greatest imagination we can exercise is one that imagines how someone else feels. Because you know how you feel, but so often we attribute our own feelings on to someone else.

I've spent years saying no to things. It's important to be selective with both projects and partners.

Baseball is an individual game, but it should never be a personal game.

I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear.

Great fashion is all about surprise. It should always be about doing something that isn't by the book.