"A humble soul understands that a grateful heart is a magnet for miracles."

"I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw."

"My mother was an artist, and I was fairly good at art as a child. I was always the best drawer in class, except in second grade when an artistic genius passed through our school!"

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."

"If a person gets his attitude toward money straight, it will help straighten out almost every other area in his life."

"Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science."

"Alaska is what happens when Willy Wonka and the witch from Hansel and Gretel elope, buy a place together upstate, renounce their sweet teeth, and turn into health fanatics."

"I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money."