“Others inspire us, information feeds us, practice improves our performance, but we need quiet time to figure things out, to emerge with new discoveries, to unearth original answers.”

“Les autres nous inspirent, l'information nous nourrit, la pratique améliore nos compétences, mais nous avons besoin d'être seul pour réfléchir, faire surgir de nouvelles idées et trouver des réponses originales.”

“Someone will care if you just give 'em a chance. There's always people who need you as much as you need them. Don't you forget that. All you got to do is find 'em. And when you do, you find you're happier carin' about someone else than just about yourself all the time.”

“There was no end to the things that happened to sheep unless they had a shepherd who cared more about them than anything else in the world.”

“The best way to achieve self-esteem is to do something worthy of esteem.”

“Stories not only give us a much needed practice on figuring out what makes people tick, they give us insight into how we tick.”

“I have yet to face Writer's Block and I don't believe I ever will. It is much more difficult for me to shut my imagination down to get a good nights sleep than it is to prod it to life.”