You really can't write well if you're thinking about what the reviewers might say.

Let us never forget to pray. God lives. He is near. He is real. He is not only aware of us but cares for us. He is our Father. He is accessible to all who will seek Him.

If you don’t write the book you have to write, everything breaks.

In the winter she curls up around a good book and dreams away the cold.

Books tell you more about their owners than the owners do.

If we are worried about the future, then we must look today at the upbringing of children.

Sometimes you can do things for others that you can't do for yourself.

People should pay more attention. Everyone wants attention, but no one wants to give attention.

It's my policy not to review funerals.

I'm nothing you can catch now. I am black powder, I am singe, I am the bomb that bursts the night.

Was this the big one or was this the small tremor, the warning? Does it get better - does the sensation of being in a dream underwater go away?

I just love the delusional, hallucinatory qualities of sleep deprivation. I can't get enough of it.

I am drawn to roles that are strong, intelligent, and a little edgy.

You can always think of something like the Xbox 360 as a super set-top box that can do everything the set-top box does, but then have the graphics to do the games as well.

I never thought I was the most beautiful model out there or the most sexy woman, but I was a hard worker

Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change.

If there is one bin Laden now, there will be 100 bin Ladens afterward.

Revenge. They took too much. You give up and die, or learn how to take back.

I never thought that I would have love again, but it's amazing how the universe brings love to you.

I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I'm on stage they're not privileged to see me. It's a privilege for me to see them.

You can't get too much winter in the winter.