We can hope.

Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good.

I loved to read when I was a kid, and as soon as I realized that an actual person got to make up the books I loved so much, I decided that that was the job for me.

Maybe everyone is just waiting for someone else to save them.

I want to Live! Not Die, Not Hide, LIVE!

I like the fact that kids are willing to be imaginative and go along with me when I'm telling strange tales.

I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people you hate. But you must still dare to love. The rewards are worth far more than the risks.

There's something about each of my books that I'm really proud of, and there's something about each of my books that I cringe over.

Jen, we did it. Everyone's free now.

That porch is a happy-looking place, and my father - burdened, stoop-shouldered, cadaverously thin - doesn't seem to belong on it.

Was it still paranoia if all his fears were justified?

if you try you might succeed. If you don't try you won't succeed. On motor bike racing it goes= if you fall off and get back up you might win. if you stay lying down you won't win. Keep trying

Sometimes the opposite of loss is loss.

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weather is that which is woven of conviction.

I knew my destiny when I first experienced Yosemite.

I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.

We like to kidnap them in a van, and take then somewhere dangerous... SURPRISE!!

Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something.

No human investigation can be called real science if it cannot be demonstrated mathematically.

We don't know if we're dancing on the show until a couple of days before the show starts, let alone who their partners are before they meet them.

When your life is as precious as all our lives are, then it needs to be kept precious and looked after and treated well. And that is not something we should be sharing with a wider audience.