happiness aint got no Ph.D. or no certain amount of zeroes behind it!

I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green.

Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

People like to run their mouths.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

It's a blindness thing, faith.

The fact differentiates the fake.

We get discouraged sometimes when people look at surface only and neglect the message.

A good battle plan that you act on today can be better than a perfect one tomorrow.

I wanted nothing more than to feel something, but I didn't know how to deal with what came after the feeling.

I am not poor. Poor are those who desire many things.

The day cold and fair with a high easterly wind: we were visited by two Indians who gave us an account of the country and people near the Rocky mountains where they had been.

Every child has an enormous drive to demonstrate competence.

If young people do see me as an example (I'm very flattered if they do!) I hope it is as someone who will go out there and live life to the full.

Filmmaking is a real craft.