"If a man has enough power, he can speak softly and everyone will listen"

“Children are like grown people; the experience of others is never of any use to them.”

“That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I was sort of tied up in a paper bag or in a gunny sack with a rope around the neck of it, and all of a sudden with the acceptance of that first book everything sort of spilled out!”

“The very best pictures adapt themselves to many changes in meaning.”

“My parents raised me to not ever look at race or color, so it doesn't have a big part in my self-identity.”

“But it is not for the perfect vase or the polished gem to choose their owners.”

“You have to check out 'March of the Penguins'. Penguins are the really ideal example of monogamy.”

“In spite of the way many people are turning away from God, not for other gods, but for no god; in spite of the mess we are making of this beautiful Planet Earth which God has given us, God still loves the world.”

“Some people are afraid of what they might find if they try to analyze themselves too much, but you have to crawl into your wounds to discover where your fears are. Once the bleeding starts, the cleansing can begin.”