In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.

People love pretty much the same things best. A writer looking for subjects inquires not after what he loves best, but after what he alone loves at all.

Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake to think your soul can go it alone.

Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.

I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.

I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.

Man cannot live by incompetence alone.

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

I know that books I have written will still resonate in 50 years - particularly 'My Sister's Keeper.' It has sold three million copies in the States alone. I strongly feel that, as a novelist, you have a platform and the ability to change people's minds.

With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone.