There is only one secret. To love what you are doing.

Steve is very quiet, even shy. I am very gregarious. So, opposites.

I would write plays for my grandmother, who was stone deaf, my mother and the dog, that was our audience.

I feel very sorry for women who continue to purchase real fur coats. They are lacking in a woman's most important requisites, heart and sensitivity.

My father was a good preacher and had a little bit of drama.

The best people I know have had a lot of obstacles to overcome.

I was born and raised in China, and my parents were missionaries.

My mother was the dearest, sweetest angel. She didn't talk; she sang. She was a tower of strength.

I cannot write music. I cannot play the piano.

Marriage, even the best marriages are tough.

I just loved and love life. I love it today.

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of all the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.

Chronic illness is hard. Pain is hard. Isolation is hard. The financial cost is hard. Grieving is hard and necessary and sometimes takes far longer than we every imagined.

I want to be able to live without a crowded calendar. I want to be able to read a book without feeling guilty or go to a concert when I like.

The difficulty about all this dying, is that you can't tell a fellow anything about it, so where does the fun come in?

It's easy to respect a general, but it's hard to love them.

It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient

Even though people like to say Destroyer [albom] is gibberish and all that, I usually know exactly what I'm saying at every single moment.

Earnestness is the best gift of mental power, and deficiency of heart is the cause of many men never becoming great.

Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.

Seek out your bishop. He will show you how to repent and will help you do it.