"If you want your story to be magnificent, begin by realizing you are the author, and every day is a new page"

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death."

"When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home."

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."