Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.

I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green.

Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

People like to run their mouths.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having.

I put the carpetbag on a ledge, and then, hanging upside down by my razor-clawed feet, slept until sunset. A first for me, and actually quite comfortable.Lord help me.

Have hope. Though clouds environs now And gladness hides her face in scorn Put thou the shadow from thy brow- No night but hath its morn.

To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

So much of life is paradox. So much of life is neither one thing nor the other... it's both things at the same time.

Cycling isn’t a game, it's a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling.

It's all good when we making love, all I ask is don't take our love for granted, it's granted.

The awareness of imagery is part of living... a life which derives its power from within itself will focus on the perception... of images.

Children instinctively know that the more laughter we have in our lives, the better.

Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like.