We are living in the blessing of that moment.

Writing fiction, there are no limits to what you write as long as it increases the value of the paper you are writing on.

Don't say giddy-up to your mouth before your head is hitched up.

Remember, that of all the elements that comprise a human being, the most important, the most essential, the one that will sustain, transcend, overcome and vanquish obstacles is - Spirit.

I had a mother who taught me there is no such thing as failure. It is just a temporary postponement of success.

You get more negative reactions than positive reactions as you go through life, and the big lesson is nobody counts you out but yourself...I never have; I never will.

The one [The Beverly Hillbillies] flaw in this is that you can't hear the people laughing.

Majority wins, but majority is not necessarily right and sometimes majority is awfully wrong.

I think that everybody needs somebody to really look up to and know that even though you're going through a tough time, you'll get over it.

A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity.

To be simple is not always as easy as it seems.

Who am I to myself? Just a feeling of mine.

I could not undertake to form a nucleus of an institution for the development of infant minds, where none already existed. It would be too cruel.

It doesn't really matter who said it - it's so obviously true. Before you can write anything, you have to notice something.

You brought me grenades. You are officially the best girlfriend ever.