I am very scared at the beginning of each book, because I've never written it before. I feel I have to teach myself how to do it.

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

There's hope for everyone. That's what makes the world go round.

Stories only happen to those who are able to tell them.

It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I think I do.

One should never underestimate the power of books.

If you're not ready for everything, you're not ready for anything.

Everything can change at any moment, suddenly and forever.

It often happens that things are other than what they seem, and you can get yourself into trouble by jumping to conclusions.

Memory is the space in which a thing happens for a second time.

It seems to me that I will always be happy in the place where I am not.

The Republicans believe in the minimum wage -- the more the minimum, the better.

I feel like I walk a very fine line between wanting someone to be open and vulnerable and honest with me and the listeners, but not wanting anyone to ever feel like I'm exploiting them.

Christmas shows us the ties that bind us together, threads of love and caring, woven in the simplest and strongest way within the family.

Abilities wither under faultfinding, blossom with encouragement.

Fundamentalism is a 20th-century phenomenon, but that kind of religious fervor actually has not always been associated with conservative goals.

Useless people are not improved by giving them the impression that they are useful.

To suppose that whatever God requireth of us that we have power of ourselves to do, is to make the cross and grace of Jesus Christ of none effect.

Helping others is perhaps the greatest joy! You cannot have a perfect day without helping others with no thought of getting something in return.

The only real failure is the failure to try.

Rescue is costly, but LOVE pays the price.