Barack Obama has exhibited sympathy, if not for the terrorists, then certainly for the Islamic supremacists.
I can't persuade myself that one of the problems facing the planet today might be a shortage of books by me.
Our happiest moments as tourists always seem to come when we stumble upon one thing while in pursuit of something else.
Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for.
The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want to write, the better I do.
It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.
I wanted a drink. There were a hundred reasons why a man will want a drink, but I wanted one now for the most elementary reason of all. I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was telling me that I needed a drink, that I couldn't bear it without it. But that voice is a liar. You can always bear the pain. It'll hurt, it'll burn like acid in an open wound, but you can stand it. And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.
Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion. '
I urge all children to listen to their mothers and fathers. My mom was helping out some kids and she didn't want to call me for all of the money; she only wanted to take care of some of the kids.
I crawled in the bathroom, looked in the mirror and saw the devil. It was me.
Learn the craft of knowing how to open your heart and to turn on your creativity. There's a light inside of you.