An image often propels the novel, gets it started. For me, it's an image that has a lot of emotion connected to it.

The Internet is like a gold-rush; the only people making money are those who sell the pans.

Old Japanese saying, live scorpion in pants makes life interesting.

There isn't a mayor in the world or a president in the world that can stop homicides.

Once you're imagining being the main character, and you're having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over.

Dreams aren't practical, but we can't live without them.

One day I get to that spot where I've discovered the secret to the maze, and then I've got free running the rest of the way. It's a great feeling.

On the New England Patriots losing the Super Bowl after going 18-0: We set high expectations, now we go down as 18-1, and that is one big zit. It is one big blemish. We choked.

I think we made huge positive changes and Thunder Bay is in a better place than it was four years ago.

Let's build a battery plant here.

I often read nonfiction, and some of my ideas begin there.

The search for something permanent is one of the deepest of the instincts leading men to philosophy.

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.

Through our expectations, we violently expand and try to fill the world with our proofs of worth.

My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I'd be like, 'Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!

Let me say this: I think men are a full-time job, and I'm young and I already have one job. I'm just focused on my career.

and even the trees we walked under seemed less than trees and more like everything else.

Be bold. Be fast. Get to the point right away. The best email communication is simple and clear.

Everybody improvises without noticing it. Life is about improvising. You can't control what happens in your life, I mean, you don't know what can happen in your life today. So you somehow improvise.

You are not crazy. You are just ready to change.

I shall be richer all my life for this sorrow