Each night, I close my eyes and dream. In the morning, I open my eyes again, but the dreaming doesn't stop.

It's okay to fail. It does not make you forever a failure. In fact, there are no failures really. Only human beings doing the best they can.

I wish my brain had an off switch. Maybe that way I could get some sleep.

When I am alone, I drink my tea with pinkie raised, like a kid playing "tea party." At times, a fancy British accent is involved. Dahling!

I want everyday magic.

If you think someone is humble, never tell them so. You will unknowingly rob them of the very thing you admire.

Walking the Camino de Santiago taught me the wonders of physical challenge, the wonders of spiritual freedom, and the wonders of baby powder.

The night before a deadline, I usually am in desperate need of a back rub. And new wrists. And candy. And little mice to secretly finish the job while I am sleeping.

If I had a nickel for all the times I've been shushed in my life? Bam! Instant millionaire!

Sometimes I dream so vividly, so expectantly, I wonder if I'm crazy...

I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a favor, and write.

Change happens a lot more than you acknowledge...

My life isn't perfect and it will never be I make mistakes, I learn from them and keep moving forward.

He is indeed the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart.

You are as free as a prisoner in an open air prison

When you find the one, my lad, grab her up in your arms and never let her go. You may never get another chance.

Seek to give much -- expect nothing.

I work. I have a life. There's not much to tell.

Suspense is worst than disappointment.

Maybe I won't have as much energy. And maybe the highs in my voice won't be what they used to be. But exercise is helping me pace myself.

I worked on my book for about seven years and I had no idea it would be so timely when it was published.