In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea.

Bad things are not the worst things that can happen to us. Nothing is the worst thing that can happen to us!

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you.

Believe you know all the answers, and you know all the answers. Believe you're a master, and you are.

You seek problems because you need their gifts.

It took time to learn that the hard thing about writing is to let the story write itself, while one sits at the typewriter and does as little thinking as possible. It happened over and over again, and the beginner learned - when you start puzzling over an idea, and slowing down on the keys, the writing gets worse and worse.

Live never to be ashamed if anything you say or do is published around the world, even if what is said is not true.