I called Clay from the SUV. "How'd it go at the paper?" he asked. "She called me perky." "Ouch.

I want you to have big dreams, big goals. I want you to strive to achieve them. But I don't want to see you beating yourself up every time you make a mistake.

when times are tough, the weak bail and the tough get creative.

Wow. The guy can make me feel stupid even when he's telling me I don't have to let him make me feel stupid.

The rottweiler stood his ground and waited for me to take the next step in the dance of ritualized intimidation. Instead, I leaped at him. Screw ritual. Now was not the time to stand on ceremony.

Kids who don't eavesdrop on adult conversations are doomed to a childhood of ignorance.

Remembering. Forgetting. I'm not sure which is worse.

A name is so important. A surname connects you to your past, to your family. Even a given name has meaning - why did your parents pick that particular one?

First you buy me a mocha. Then you let me help you hide a body. Now you take me to a biker clubhouse. Best. Day. Ever.

He was trying to tell me something.' Derek snorted. 'Aren’t they all? Must be a rule in the ghost handbook—if in danger of evaporating, make sure you’re in the middle of a dire pronouncement.

I grew up writing about the paranormal, and I blame too many Saturday mornings watching Scooby Doo.

What is a human but a choice maker? Choices are powerful. Choices change history. Choices change the world. Remember your power!

Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me into politics.

With modeling, you are the client and you give them what they want... with music, it is all about you, people are buying into you as a person.

Day by day, we are becoming what we shall be eternally. The spirit who convicts us is also the spirit who consoles.

Line printer paper is strongest at the perforations.

Before I die, I want to help as many people as I can make their dreams become a reality.

All day long, they lie in the sun, and when the sun goes down, they lie some more.

I teach kids how to be rich by the time they are age 40, 35 if they are extra bright. Most kids think they are extra bright, so they go for 35.

The conscience is eternal and never dies. Peace if possible, but truth at any rate.

I respect you more than anyone. But right now I’m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didn’t make your decision.