To most, being locked away in solitary with nothing but pen and paper would prove a hard punishment. What a strange creature who views this as heaven.

Nothing in this world compares to the comfort and security of having someone just hold your hand.

A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.

One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.

Statistics, likelihoods, and probabilities mean everything to men, nothing to God.

Just pick a goal and stick to it―no big complicated secret.

Life isn't all grand, but it isn't all miserable either.  There's both sweet and sour in every day.  So why focus on the ugly when you can gaze at what's beautiful?  Concentrate on the good.

You will realize one day that all the money in the world cannot buy you happiness. Nor can it make you a person of good character.

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

I love you" means I want you to be happy.

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

Love is a strange feeling! And you cannot understand what happens to you when it does happen to you.

He said that things could be different in Little Rock, if only the right people could find their voice. I wanted to be on of those people.

The sage never seems to know his own merits, for only by not noticing them can you call others' attention to them.

The only important statistic is the final score.

They say people from small towns have big dreams and that pretty much describes me. I had big dreams growing up and I'm still a dreamer.

War is the mass murder of workers. When workers refuse to obey the calls of their governments, there will be no more war.

One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an old young writer. Beyond that is the changing landscape of the universe and the stories I choose to tell.

The universe is based on sullen entropy; It falls apart as it goes on

It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.

Kids are an important audience to reach for the future of the planet.