Fantasy is literature for teenagers.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It's patriotic to overconsume.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

To touch the soul of another human being is to walk on holy ground.

I show up for my fellow man by sharing my inner wealth. I generously give out compassion and acceptance wherever I go.

She was an object lesson on the essential luck, whatever hardships may come their way, of those born able to make things.

It’s better to make baby steps in the right direction than big steps in the wrong direction!

We are not perfect. We make mistakes. We screw up but then we forgive and move forward.

And then everything was in the hands of gravity, which has never had much love for the terminally stupid.

I am not afraid of the pen or the scaffold or the sword. I will tell the truth whenever I please.

I have to paint at least two times a week, and there's not enough time in the day to do everything.

I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.

I just drove past Brad Paisley jogging down the side of the road. I rolled down the window and screamed RUN FORREST RUN. I live for….. little moments…..like that.