My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That's the way to get an idea.

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

When there are starving people in the world, it seems wrong that so many of us Americans eat as much for entertainment as for nourishment.

I've learned that under everyone's hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

Believing is such a comfort that it's hard to give up a belief just because it isn't true.

It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

I've learned... That sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.