Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family... what my mother called 'The Liar.'

Books are keys that open many doors -- James Rollins

Often-times it's madness, not genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible and, in so doing, prove the impossible possible!

When mankind pushes, natures sometimes pushes back

It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door.

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.

Festina lente. Make haste slowly.

The truth is often one's best shield.

Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.

Throughout history, knowledge rises and falls, ebbs and flows. What once was known is forgotten again, lost in time, sometimes for centuries, only to be rediscovered ages later.

The strong were always eating the weak.

A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

Tomorrow composts today.

Some things we must pass over in silence.

Happy endings are still endings.

The '80s was wild compared to my real small childhood, which was late '70s.

That's the magic of books. They're never quite the same for any two people. When you read one, you automatically make it your own.

I do not know which makes a man more conservative - to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.

When I began as a model, everybody tried to remold me: I was too fat, too little, they tried to re-shape my teeth - I am very proud that I have stayed as I was.

History is that which is agreed upon by mutual consent.

One who preserves all the exterior decencies of ignorance.