You know a little drink now and then never hurt nobody, but when you can't git started without asking the bottle, you in trouble.

I have fallen in love with the imagination. And if you fall in love with the imagination, you understand that it is a free spirit. It will go anywhere, and it can do anything.

Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender.

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.

Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.

I don’t need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends I can be certain of.

Every small positive change we make in ourselves repays us in confidence in the future.

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.

'Thank you' is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

Love has never been conquered, not even by the greatest army.

Enemies' promises were made to be broken.

In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter.

Leadership is found in the action to defeat that which would defeat you… You are made by the struggles you choose.

Image is something you construct, while reputation starts at home. If you are able to pass on solid values to your children, then they can become citizens of the world.

If you scared to take chances, you'll never have the answers...

I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

William Devane was amazing [ in The Grinder] - that we were able to reinvent an acting legend as a comedy star - that's very gratifying.

The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it!

So how come it looks so beautiful? How come the moon falls from the sky?