You can't be the fastest gun in town forever. There comes a time when you're not the golden boy, and you have to go off somewhere and figure yourself out.

Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me . . they’re cramming for their final exam.

I thought about how mothers feed their babies with tiny little spoons and forks so I wondered, what do Chinese mothers use? Toothpicks?

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

Some people have no idea what they're doing, and a lot of them are really good at it.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

Don’t just teach your children to read… Teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.

In America, anyone can become president. That's the problem.

Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music.

There is a planet named Pluto, but we don't have one named Goofy. Goofy would be a good name for this planet. It certainly qualifies.

As long as you're moving, it's easier to steer.

For everyone you create to be dependent on you, you are equally dependent on them. Neither relationship is healthy.

We are the creative force of our life, and through our own decisions rather than our conditions, if we carefully learn to do certain things, we can accomplish those goals.

I really enjoy being a dad, and maybe I took it too seriously, but I love being around my kids.

You most likely know it as Myanmar, but it will always be Burma to me.

Writing books is one of the ways that human beings deal with loss, especially when you don't have religious consolation available.

Now I must wait and be still and say nothing I don't know, nothing I haven't lived over and over, and that's everything.

She would always be my biggest what if.

The kind of happiness that stays with you is the happiness that springs from inward thoughts and emotions.

A turn or two I'll walk To still my beating mind.