I believe we're brutes, but then, miraculously, there are those among us who stand up against that brutishness and remind us of the goodness we're capable of.

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.

Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.

If you look at the world one way, it takes from you - it's a thief of time, energy, creative mojo. But if you look at the world another way, it gives you an endless supply of motivation.

Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth.

The intricacy of plotting a thriller is akin to writing formal poetry.

Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

I prefer a cluttered workspace.

I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.

The poem has to bear the weight with image, language... the screenplay with dialogue, plot.

A leader’s goal is to improve on upon the past and if your goal is to remain where you are, doing the same things you have done times and times again, you can’t lead.

Storytelling is a form of self-disclosure.

In every moments of life, we're all having up and down.If there are no up or down, it means we didn't have any life.

Alec looked horrified, as if she'd asked him to put on a tutu and execute a perfect pirouette.

Anyone who loves the concept of Zero Harm obviously has nothing to love

One who cares is one who listens.

From a very young age my mother persuaded me that I could write for fun, but I had to have a proper job - very good advice.

Content is King,' and with more screens needing entertaining content now than at any time in history, that statement is truer than ever.

Friends never make assumptions about you. They never expect a reason to go out with you. In fact friends only expect you to be you.

That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened - good, bad, or anywhere in between - it was always, if nothing else, all your own.