Welcome to Hollywood. Here you can be whatever you want! That's the secret of American success! Fake it till you make it!

its better to know some question than all answers -James Thurber

The optimist claims we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist fears this is true.

Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.

There is a set of balances and rhythms to a novel that we can't experience in real life. So I think there is a sense in which fiction can rescue history from confusion.

In a country where half a million die every year only for drinking polluted water, it is more necessary for us to do something for them.

In my writing I'm trying to explore the violations people commit upon each other.

Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.

He was unbelievably hard. Everywhere. He was in control, infinitely stronger, and he wanted me to know it. -Ella

The way of peace is the way of truth. Truthfulness is even more important than peacefulness.

It makes good sense to revere the sun and the stars ... because we are their children