Capitalism has resulted in material well-being but spiritual bankruptcy.

I think there's a real connection between acting and writing novels because the way I write characters has a little bit to do with the method acting that I was taught in high school and college.

The girls took into their own hands decisions better left to God. They became too powerful to live among us, too self-concerned, too visionary, too blind.

She may have looked normal on the outside, but once you'd seen her handwriting you knew she was deliciously complicated inside.

It was morning by the clock but deepest nighttime in his body.

Grief is natural,' she said. 'Overcoming it is a matter of choice.

If you talk to geneticists they are constantly finding that your genes are being switched on and off because of the environment. Genes alone do not determine an exact path in your life.