Hope ... is not a feeling; it is something you do.

He may not have been born with guts, but he didn't have to die without them.

I do know that I need solitude, not only to write but to nourish myself (being, like most writers, an introvert) so that I do keep trying to write.

What we need to wake people up to now is the crisis in imagination and concern for the greater good. We have no idea what the next ten years, much less the next fifty years, will demand of the coming generation. What we do know is that unless we have a people prepared and eager to meet those crises creatively and compassionately, there is not much hope for this poor old planet of ours.

Many people are angry when they make a mistake, but very few people have the sense to be sorry.

Reading can be a road to freedom or a key to a secret garden, which, if tended, will transform all of life.

If you could hold your nose to avoid a stink, or close your eyes to cut out a sight, why not shut off your brain to avoid a thought?