“For some strange reason I get some of my brightest ideas on the toilet seat, with my clothes on.”

“Dreaming is easy. Creativity is a lot of work.”

“Three people I take their words with a grain of salt: a person in love, a drunk and an insurance agent. They never really mean exactly what they say.”

“My son hit his head on a couch and pushed it away. He never went near that couch again. It is amazing what and 1 year old boy can teach you about life.”

“For every writer, there is a challenge of time that is only magnified in the solitude of the work.”

“If I knew what I know today, years ago, I wouldnt change a thing about anything. I would not have appreciated what I know today if it hadnt been for what I didnt know.”

“You will be a different person after the storm, because the storm will heal you from your perfection.”

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.”

“In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end...”

“Sometimes, all it takes to change your life is to change your routine.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”

“The road to success is always under construction”