To grow up is to find the small part you are playing in the extraordinary drama written by somebody else.

We have to be braver than we think we can be, because God is constantly calling us to be more than we are.

The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.

Agape love is...profound concern for the well-being of another, without any desire to control that other, to be thanked by that other, or to enjoy the process.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.

Like it or not, we either add to the darkness of indifference and out-and-out evil which surrounds us or we light a candle to see by.

Creativity comes from accepting that you're not safe, from being absolutely aware, and from letting go of control. It's a matter of seeing everything - even when you want to shut your eyes.

It was a dark and stormy night.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

If we are not willing to fail we will never accomplish anything. All creative acts involve the risk of failure.

The child in you like all children loves to laugh to be around people who can laugh at themselves and life. Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives the better.

I'm always interested in what you can do with technology that people haven't thought of doing yet.

A good thing to have up your sleeve is a sanctified funny-bone.

God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, A gauntlet with a gift in it.

Too much to take in, too much to purge. Why must every memory, once sweet, dead end in such ugliness?

Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself. Until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself.

The equally is a political theory, but no a practical politics.

A German shepherd dog could walk in the office with a script in his mouth, and if that script was really good, they'd buy the script.

There are two sides to this Baptism: The first is, you possess the Spirit; The second is that the Spirit possesses you.

I got most of my style from people around me who I knew personally.