We are made to persist.that's how we find out who we are.

Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing.

We are made to persist. that's how we find out who we are.

Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it.

One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real life by writing about them.

The beauty of a fragment is that it still supports the hope of brilliant completeness.

A piece of writing is a dangerous thing," he said. "It can change your life.

Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity.

Memory is funny. Once you hit a vein the problem is not how to remember but how to control the flow.

Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order.

Most of us dont live lives that lend themselves to novelistic expression, because our lives are so fragmented.

A ‘good’ father will tenderly cultivate his children. But a ‘good’ father who is also a ‘brave’ father will let the children without cultivate the child within.

One can never rack up his goals mere through hard-work, there is a thing in this world which is known as self-confidence.

You are not a victim of your circumstance.Stay determine to endure hard times. No situation is permanent.

If now isn't a good time for the truth I don't see when we'll get to it.

No matter where you work or how you feel about the place, bless it with love.

What we experience, as a perceptual experience, is not what is. It's very specific to the nervous system.

Courage, like cowardice, is undoubtedly contagious, but some persons are not liable to catch it.

It's kind of liberating to be able to bring your own ideas to things, but it's also a lot of pressure, it's like screenwriting on your feet.

He willeth to be perceived; and His appearing shall be swiftly sudden; and He willeth to be trusted. For He is full gracious and homely: Blessed may He be!

At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.