I always do book signings with the same blue pen. That way, if I add a personalised message to a book I've already signed, it'll be in the same colour as my signature.

In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

Jesus preached more and taught more about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry than he did about heaven and hell. Shouldn't that tell us something?

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.

judge not that ye be not judged

She asked God to use this experience to help my heart break forever for those who don't know Christ.

The natural rhythm of human life is routine punctuated by orgies.

Turn around, Piglet. Step lightly, Pooh. This silly ol' dance is perfect for two.

I had gone full-on folkie; I'd had it with bands.

People only buy when they're ready to buy. Not when you're ready to sell

Man pines to live but cannot endure the days of his life.

I knew that a day I took away from the work did not make me too happy.

But if Christians don’t get Jesus right, what chance is there that other people will bother much with him?

The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.

If we can invoke Peace and then offer it to somebody else, we will see how Peace expands from one to two persons, and gradually to the world at large.