Usually, guys, when something bad happens, they punish someone else.

You can take my heart, but I can't let you take my dog.

Don't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.

I never felt isolated; I just liked being alone. I think that some people are good at being alone, and some people arent, and as a child, I really liked it.

Reading is not just an escape. It is access to a better way of life.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

[On men:] ... you never know what they're like until you get them home and take them out of their packages.

As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters.

Everyone had a reason for everything they did, even if that reason was sometimes stupidity.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

It's psychic. It's the age. It's chemical.

With love, you can see the stars.

Honest bread is very well - it's the butter that makes the temptation.

There are no Asian movie stars

We are what and where we are because we have first imagined it.

Why should we be startled by death? Life is a constant putting off of the mortal coil - coat, cuticle, flesh and bones, all old clothes.

The seeming antagonism between capital and labor is the result of deceptive appearance.

He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law.

What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?

I'm super, super casual. I like boxer shorts or jeans or tank tops, tennis shoes and flip flops. That's about it for me.