“He'd like you to join the club that likes to saythere's no such thing as love ...”

“Some people don't care if they live or they die.Some people want to know what it feels like to fly.They gather their courage and they give it a tryAnd fall under the wheels of time going by.”

“Most everything means nothing, except some things that mean everything.”

“You see, I think love comes from God. And so, to turn away from love, real love, it could be argued, is to turn away from God.”

“A lot of (children's literature) beginners get bogged down by morals. A moral should never be driving the story. And a moral should never be confused with a plot. You can't preach to kids, and you can't talk down to them, either. It's amazing how they sense condescension.”

“I tell people to monitor their self-pity. Self-pity is very unattractive.”

“Good and true friends ask what wrong and how your doing.”