"The hardest thing in the world to do is to write straight honest prose about human beings."

"The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in."

"The courage of a lion is nothing compared to the courage of a mother."

"The dignity of a man is not in what he has, but in what he is."

"Don't bother with churches, government or political organizations. They're all run by greedy pigs."