“Every one of us is born with a special gift, talent, purpose or calling”

“You were right, Barry…Every second was a gift.”

“The past is history, the future is a mystery, and this moment is a gift. That is why this moment is called the ‘present.”

“Every good gift comes from God.”

“To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to write and read comes by nature.”

“The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer’s radar and all great writers have had it.”

“Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of the worst things that have ever happened to us.”

“People who are not blessed with the ability to make others laugh compensate for that by saying (or trying to say) things that are profound.”

“Hope is a gift. Use it wisely.”

“Without solitude, we are overwhelmed by all the things we hope to do and all of the things we hope to do and all of the things we are planning and praying to do but we never really have the time to actually get down and get these things done.”

“The gift of life is the greatest treasure.”

“Sometimes memory is the only gift we give ourselves and the only hope we have of finding our way home.”

“I’d rather strive for the kind of interview where instead of me asking to introduce myself to society, society asks me to introduce myself to society.”