Truths are the last thing you learn about your family. By the time you learn, you're no longer their child.

He knew his words could not convey the impossible love he felt for her, so he held her stare and hoped (prayed!) she would understand the immensity of it all.

Love is giving something you don't have to someone who doesn't want it.

I'd like to work with any actress from whom I can learn-one who has had many experiences with many directors and is willing to share some of her knowledge with me.

So China's president [Hu Jintao] meets, uh - meets America's president. It's like President "Who?" meeting President "Huh?"

Some girls have crazy eyes. You can spot that!

He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.

The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.

When I was in graduate school in consumer science and math, all of the big companies had labs, all doing blue sky research.

No one's perfect," I whisper. "It doesn't work that way. One bad thing goes away, and another bad thing replaces it." I traded cowardice for cruelty; I traded weakness for ferocity.

The cares of today are seldom those of tomorrow, and when we lie down at night we may safely say to most of our troubles, "Ye have done your worst, and we shall see you no more."