I don't take advances for my books.

A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids.

The third person narrator, instead of being omniscient, is like a constantly running surveillance tape.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

Family' is not just a biological word, it's an an operative one.

Life is a fight, but not everyone’s a fighter. Otherwise, bullies would be an endangered species.

When you hunt predators, the best camouflage is weakness.

A dog is like a person—he needs a job and a family to be what he’s meant to be.

Children know the truth: love is not an emotion, love is behavior.

Camouflage doesn't help when the other guy is willing to defoliate the whole jungle.

It's the family you choose that counts.

I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve.

I want so much to believe in true love.

Krav Maga heightens perception and transforms fear into something more productive.

I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a very difficult time in my twenties especially. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and find something that I liked about myself.

I’m a role model for those who dare to be different. For those who dare to take a stand in their life and have an opinion

The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.

If you don't have a moral question governing your society, then you don't have a society that is going to survive.

People put too much emphasis on looks.

Seasons pursuing each other the indescribable crowd is gathered, it is the fourth of Seventh-month, (what salutes of cannon and small arms!

I'll speak in a monstrous little voice.