“It is not where we are that matters nor what we have, it is what we do with where we are and what we have.”

“Suffering teaches joy.”

“Complacency delivered us into the hands of evil greedy men like Cheney.”

“If we are exhorted to play simple melodies with beauty rather than difficult ones with error, the same should be applied to writing; simple words greater effect.”

“Work on your character, let life fall into place.”

“Never mistrust, unless given a reason.”

“The constant reprimands made me hyperconscious of my own performance, and so instead of getting rid of self, I had become embedded in the egoism I was supposed to transcend. Now I was beginning to ...”

“Silence is the mother of truth.”

“Silence is a powerful tool.”

“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”

“I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers.”

“Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.”

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”

“The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”