Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Joan Didion

This is perhaps the hardest truth of any to grasp. Do we wake up every morning amazed that we are loved by God?

David Ford

There is something in the misfortune of our best friends which does not displease us.

Proverb

A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution.

Dustin Hoffman

I have a vision that's about technology that empowers consumers over institutions.

Michael K. Powell

We sow our thoughts and reap our actions. We sow our actions and reap our habits. We sow our habits and reap our character. We sow our character, and we reap our destiny.

Source Unknown

I think my best skill in this whole deal is as a conduit to try to bring people together, because I think it's in our unity that we'll have the greatest strength.

Woody Harrelson

Life begets life. Energy creates energy.It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Sarah Bernhardt

The root of almost every schism and heresy from which the Christian Church has suffered, has been because of the effort of men to earn, rather than receive their salvation; and the reason preaching is so commonly ineffective is, that it often calls on people to work for God rather than letting God work through them.

John Ruskin

We're all confused, Samantha. We all need more time to think. That's life. Get over it.

Sophie Kinsella

The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist has power.' No. Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform focus on the tax issue. The tax issue is a powerful issue.

Grover Norquist

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.

Edward F. Halifax