You are extraordinarily attractive to women. And your greatest charm is that you do not realise it.

If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it.

Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.

The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat.

Behind every writer stands a very large bookshelf.

Some temptations cannot be fought. One must close one's mind and fly from them

My inventing time is all done under the influence of aerobic exercise. Basically, I do all my thinking while I run.

I grew up during the Cold War, when everything seemed very tenuous. For many years, right up until the fall of the Berlin Wall, I had vivid nightmares of nuclear apocalypse.

That is life... to begin again when everything is lost!

We cannot measure Divine Providence by the yardstick of human mentality.

Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.

I believe in family values and following your dreams.

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth.

Ministers have received their wages, and some have their minds too much on their wages. They labor for wages, and lose sight of the sacredness and importance of the work.

Stay focused on what is beautiful and abundant even as illness carves more and more of what you love away

In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature.

My best relationship is the one I have with myself. I know I am always connected to a Universe that loves me. I draw loving people and loving experiences to me.

If Cuba wants normal relations, there's certain things they need to do like become a normal country that respects the rights of their citizens.

Like most people, I have no wish to live in a community organized by community organizers.

Teachers must be celebrated for moving civilization from ignorance to enlightenment, from apathy to responsibility.