Where was it ever promised us that life on this earth can ever be easy, free from conflict and uncertainty, devoid of anguish and wonder and pain? … The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.

We see things as we are, not as they are.

People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.

The hardest part of growing up is learning how to wait

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.