Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.

Goodnight you princes of Maine, you kings of New England.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Keep passing the open windows.

Half my life is an act of revision.

You only grow by coming to the end of something and by beginning something else.

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin.

It is hard work and great art to make life not so serious.

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital.

. . .There are moments when time does stop. We must be alert enough to notice such moments . . .

You'll get younger not from what you read but from what you apply in your life. (192)

Relationships: It takes wisdom to know when to turn the page and courage to know when to close the book.

Voices have a language of their own and communicate much more than the words that they say.

In a highly critical, scarcity-based world, everyone's afraid to fail. As long as we're afraid to fail, we'll never come up with the big, bold ideas we need to solve these problems.

He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.

You have to try your best to have peace of mind, and whatever happens you know you did your best

To be entertaining and educational and enlightening, all at once, this is a good goal to have.

The United States has never entered a serious war, and has never been victorious.

When you hear a good traditional gospel song it makes you wanna go buy a three piece suit

Other men's sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.