Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always seem untimely.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.

Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in our daily work lightens effort and turns even labor into pleasant tasks.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.

Trust life, and it will teach you, in joy and sorrow, all you need to know.

If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze with the glory of fathers and sons.

You have to decide who you are and force the world to deal with you, not with its idea of you.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

The American idea of racial progress is measured by how fast I become white.

Why are you pretending to write, when I already know you're just doing that to intimidate me?

Whatever your problems may be, they pale in insignificance in the light of eternity. No matter how great your failures, God's grace is greater still. Lift up your heart and face life head-on.

In love the brain is situated in the heart

It's no fun feeling your thoughts are being controlled by an electrode, and someone else is holding the clicker.

The greatest amount of wasted time is the time not getting started.

I am much more afraid of my good deeds that please me than of my bad deeds that repel me.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

We in the industry know that behind every successful screenwriter stands a woman. And behind her stands his wife.

There was a time when people said, 'Jim, if you keep on making faces, your face will freeze like that.' Now they just say, 'Pay him!'

I'm really happy I'm me because if I wasn't I'd be scared. If you want that Number One spot you need to listen to my album and try to beat it.