But emotion cannot be buried by words, though it can be aroused by them.

One of the wonderful things about being ALIVE is that it's never too late.

You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning.

Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning.

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

A map is not a journey.

Good stories are not written. They are rewritten.

Short of throwing away all television sets, I really don't know what we can do about writing.

I talk to myself on paper about my characters - sometimes writing in first person... I keep lists of unanswered questions that I can always turn to in order to get myself going.

Everlasting God!

You are definitely too blessed to be walking around with a heart full of grudges.

Let's start with what we can be thankful for, and get our mind into that vibration, and then watch the good that starts to come, because one thought leads to another thought.

I don't believe in guilty pleasures. If you enjoy something, there's nothing guilty about it.

All belief is a cover-up for insecurity

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.

There is no denying that we are still living in the capitalist world. I think that in order to survive and to change the world, you have to take care of yourself first. You have to survive yourself.

I think the only reason you visit an Apple store is because you wonder what life is like on another planet.

Whatever you do, do with all your might.

I look after those who look after me." He smacks his lips, stares at me, and adds, "I also look after those who don't." - Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)