“Beautiful people do not just happen.”

“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen.”

“Some people make things happen. Some people watch things happen. And then there are those who wonder, 'What the hell just happened?”

“There are people who think that things that happen in fiction do not really happen. These people are wrong.”

“People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages.”

“Why do bad things happen to good people?To balance out the good things that happen to bad people.”