In a dark moment I ask, "How can anyone bring a child into this world?" And the answer rings clear, "Because there is no other world, and because the child has no other way into it."

I have fancied myself a rebel, but at every critical moment of my life, I have been exactly the child my parents raised.

I guess I have never really doubted that we are all born to our guardian angel.

The painter puts brush to canvas, and the poet puts pen to paper. The poet has the easier task, for his pen does not alter his rhyme.

Genius is a plodding intellect, incapable of dreaming up the obstacles that stop the rest of us.

At some point you must decide if you want to succeed or just be someone who was never to blame for anything going wrong.

The thing about a friendly smile is not just that it makes people like you but that it makes them like themselves.