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.

Wow. Who would want a fish for a pet when they could have a turtle?!

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly and [if] there is no situation to face it falls away of its own weight.

People who truly follow the Way would do well to conceal the fact that they are Buddhists.

I love children because that's a part of my life that was so happy, and I like to remember back to those days where everything is a discovery, and the world is so fresh.

Consistency breeds familiarity, familiarity breeds confidence, and confidence breeds sales.

At what point is a wasp ever going to have a chat with a spider?

The defence of democracy must consist in making anti-democratic experiences too costly for those who try them; much more costly than a democratic compromise

In a startup, absolutely nothing happens unless you make it happen.

We are in an electronic technology age now and it's about time we put away the old stuff.

Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find what is near

History is anomalous, and there is no way to get used to it.