Authors have to write for their characters, for who they are, that's the strength of books. Don't worry about censors. Just write the story you need to tell and the rewards will come.

That's what I'll be. A silhouette, rarely seen, and yet believed in.

That's what I'll be. A silhouette, rarely seen, and yet believed in. Kaeleigh wants to believe in me. I am her twin, forever alive inside her. And when she needs me, I am always here.

Love means holding on to someone just as hard as you can because if you don't, one blink and they might disappear...forever.

Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless.

What's the point of being a hero when everyone thinks you're a villain?

Sometimes the little things in life mean the most.

One foot in front of the other, counting tiles on the floor so I don't have to focus the blur of painted smiles, fake faces.

Her smile is like summer moonlight-beautiful and magical, with a fire that could melt the night.

Now that I have opened that bottle of memories they're pouring out like wine, crimson and bittersweet.

I know he wants to get serious. He's definitely not a player, not a poser, not a loser, not a user.

It was your destiny - let us hope it will prove a glorious one.

The weak makes excuses, the strong makes changes.

I think that in any group activity - whether it be business, sports, or family - there has to be leadership or it won't be successful.

It's not a drug problem, until you run out of money. Until then it's just drugs.

I definitely don't do stomach, because nobody wants to see that.

Photography is about finding out what can happen in the frame. When you put four edges around some facts, you change those facts.

A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.

Learn from cinema. Be economic with descriptions. Sort out the telling detail from the lifeless one. Write dialogue that people would actually speak.

I can't imagine falling in love with a devoutly religious person.

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.