Childhood is supposed to be happy, and if you can't remember yours with any happiness, what hope have you later, when life starts handing you fresh grief?

To be a writer, open your heart. Keep it open. You can't be a writer with a closed heart.

I researched children's rights, divorce law, and parental kidnapping. Millions of children and parents are touched by the inadequacy of the legal system to deal with the human heart.

Are we letting the world influence the church more than the church is affecting those in the world?

Ego is the most important aspect of our life in the sense if we use it against the spaces between our hearts.

I live in Chicago, but my work is always in New York or L.A., so I always have to travel for my job.

If it were not for uncertainties, we would have no need to walk by faith.

All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used to run.

Codex Orféo is something you won't see coming at you, but it does. It's all about kindness to other species, and to one another. If we can work that out, the world will take care of herself.

Bottom line is President Obama has said that it is a top priority of the United States of America to ensure that Iran never achieves a nuclear.

When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their nominee; don't inhale.

When you achieve one dream, dream another. Getting what you want is only a problem if you have nowhere to go next. Dreaming is a lifetime occupation.

I actually pushed the boundaries on how long a book like this [The Thorn and the Blossom] can be. The original plan called for two 7,500 word stories, and I turned in two 10,000 word stories.