Any legitimate religion consists of rules of morality linked by love. That's it.

The written word is the only anchor we have in life. How extraordinary would it be if we had even three or four paragraphs written honestly about their lives by our ancestors?

All the women in my family were superb cooks.

The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work.

Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.

My aunts still try to fatten me up.

Nature is subtle and complex.

Miracles happen when expectation meets faith.

No one may shut his eyes to think the pain, which is therefore not visible to him, is non-existent.

I start my day with a mind, body, soul practice - yoga, pilates or meditation.

The great wheel of Fate rolls on like a Juggernaut, and crushes us all in turn, some soon, some late

Even when you have gone as far as you can, and everything hurts, and you are staring at the specter of self-doubt, you can find a bit more strength deep inside you, if you look closely enough.

Forced to choose between limiting population or trying to increase food production, we chose the latter and ended up with starvation, warfare, and tyranny.

How true is it that humanity refuses compromise during prosperity, and reaches out for arbitration when weak.

Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought.

Muslims cannot be defeated by others. We Muslims are not defeated by our enemies, but instead, we are defeated by our own selves.