A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Only bad writers think they're good.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

Pride and power fall when the person falls, but discoveries of truth form legacies that can be built upon for generations.

What is the point of all the money in the world if you don't have the freedom to do the things you love?

If bye is meant to be separation, why do people say good bye.

My emotions still held a stubborn hope that humans could be loyal, that they could hold out against the promise of an easy life. But I knew better.

No wonder women don't negotiate as often as men. It's like trying to cross a minefield backward in high heels.

Fitness is defined differently by everyone, but for me, the most important thing is being healthy. As tennis players, what we do is not the healthiest thing. We almost abuse our bodies.

Prayer is not a means by which I seek to control God; it is a means of putting myself in a position where God can control me.

Frequently, the difference between success and failure is the resolve to stick to your plan long enough to win.

You always learn from your mistakes.

The sparrow is sorry for the peacock at the burden of its tail.