Writing is capturing life, recording the human condition, and trying to glean meaning from it.

My creativity keeps me from starving. Humanity keeps my life mundane. Loving secures my love for life, but my imagination keeps me sane.

The white men told lies for each other. They drove off a great many of our cattle. Some branded our young cattle so they could claim them.

You may flunk your exams in school and still make it in life, but if you flunk life's exams, you're sunk!

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.

My business is to preach to you the beauty of suitability.

Rail is such an undignified way to travel. All that rapid racing about. Floating has so much more gravitas.

One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.

I like conflict, drama's conflict and if you don't have that in the character it's really not a worthwhile role to play for me.

Monet is only an eye, but my God, what an eye!

Positive thinking isn't ignoring life's problems, it's understanding that Allah can make a way out for you if you sincerely try.