Thought assists memory in enabling it to order the material it has assembled. So that in a systematically ordered memory every idea is individually followed by all conclusions it entails.

I study theology in the works of creation and find in it new reasons for adoring the creator.

You lift your head, you’re on your way, but really just to be walking, to be out of doors. That’s it, that’s all, and you’re there. Outdoors is our element: the exact sensation of living there.

I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I've visited over 90 countries thus far.

If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it.

Those who have not sown anything during their responsible life will have nothing to reap in the future.

I believe my friends think I'm funny. All the books are full of humor. Maybe it is a quiet sort of humor that masquerades as not-much-at-all. It is certainly easy to miss.

The neurotic longs to touch bottom, so at least he won't have that to worry about anymore.

It is not enough to have intuitions; we must act on them; we must live them.

I don't like to go to the movies to see violence or some kind of spy thing with all kinds of information you have to assimilate to understand the plot.

The best work that I am able to do is when I am willing to write about questions I haven't quite figured out, or things I'm really wrestling with, things that keep me up at night.

The only thing I could think of was turkey neck and turkey gizzards and I felt very depressed.