Although I always loved reading and putting words on paper, I never thought about becoming a writer until I was twelve.

If you're gonna fret, fret over something you can change. Then stop fretting and do something about it.

Some people are just afraid of what's different. It doesn't mean different is bad. It just means different is different.

When I was young, I was very shy and quiet, because we moved all the time. My dad was in the Navy, so we moved every two years.

And in this moment, I realize one reason it's so great to have a best friend is sometimes, like right now, Cal and I are thinking the very same thing.

Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer.

I'm amazed how the tiniest moments grow into books.

A dog pours a pitcher of love into the lonesome spots of your life.

Zachary smiles, and I wonder if he's felling different. Because standing out here waist deep in Gossimer Lake, next to my best friend, I'm feeling different-light and good and maybe even holy.

Public opinion only affects those who do not know their destiny.

It is not as difficult as I thought it was, but it is harder than it is.

I had been in London innumerable times, and yet till that day I had never noticed one of the worst things about London-the fact that it costs money even to sit down.

Coming to the Bible through commentaries is much like looking at a landscape through garret windows, over which generations of unmolested spiders have spun their webs.

I will vote my hopes and not my fears

I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.

There are directors that I want to work with and that I admire. You can love a script, but if it doesn't have a good director, it won't be that.

Your partner cannot fault you for refusing to host a perpetual-motion party or for the fact that you must sleep and will eventually die.

Sure, he was lonely. Sure, they had a lot in common. Sure, he was attracted to her, and it was clear she felt the same about him.

The past does not influence me; I influence it.