Today was a difficult day. Tomorrow will be better

My advice to would-be young authors is to read a lot, write a lot, and not worry about creating a finished product. Keeping a journal is not a bad idea either.

Now smile a real smile for me so I know you're not suffering inside.

When I'm looking for an idea, I'll do anything--clean the closet, mow the lawn, work in the garden.

If we expose kids to books and art, nothing but good can come from it.

Sometimes all you can do is say, 'Wow.'

Didn't it make sense that after something horrible happens, something better should follow?

Try drawing or painting a scene you're working on. Often this will help free up you imagination.

(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe.

Today was a difficult day.Tomorrow will be better.'-Mr. Slinger

Business is ultimately about people and we can't be effective in business without having some insight into people.

Question Everything

The unpublished manuscript is like an uncon-fessed sin that festers in the soul, corrupting and contaminating it.

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

The worst part of directing is always seeing the first assembly. It's devastating. It really is. It's like going into the delivery room and you can't wait to see your baby, and it's a crocodile.

Children raised with respect and inner direction tend to play well in groups, at times quite peacefully, each involved in her own project or involved with the other chidren.

The most happy women within their homes are those who have married sensible men. The latter suffer themselves to be governed with so much the more pleasure, as they are always masters of themselves.

Your life must be an open city, with all sorts of ways to wander in.

You put the Devil on the other side, and I will come to fight.

If the FDA would spend a little less time and effort on small manufacturers of vitamins...and a little more on the large manufacturers of...dangerous drugs..., the public would be better served.