A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

Some things in life are worth waiting for.

If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.

We are always better than before when those we love inflict wounds upon us.

Sing Me no songs tell me no tales cry me no tears, but remember me kindly.

I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

Things work out the way they're meant to

Prejudice doesn't allow one to accept another at a higher level. However their values or views might be respected.

If you have small-government, traditional values, you may be considered by your own leadership to be an enemy of the state.

The great thing about cake is it doesn't feel like work. You forget about work. Kids, adults, they all get the same look in their eye when they're decorating cakes... That's the magic right there.

I'm a big Marty Robbins fan. I love Marty Robbins. Of course, everybody does. That's not such a big shock.

You have to treat your employees like your customers. When you treat them right they will treat your outside customers right.

Tall, completely jacked, steroids, like multiple growth hormones. That's, like, the type that I'm attracted to.

The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.

Finding your entrepreneurial spirit and making it strong is more important than the idea or business you are developing.

No one who errs unwillingly is evil.

To function efficiently, any group of people or employees must have faith in their leader.