I drive a lot in the summertime, but after that, I don't drive if there's snow predicted for anywhere in 500 miles.

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.

Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.

Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.

Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.

I feel happy to terrify kids.

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books.

The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.

Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.

Who is more irrational, the guy who believes in a God he can't see, or a guy who's offended by a God he doesn't believe in?

I've had a very sheltered life. What can happen to you if you stay home writing all day?

True...I hear voices in my head keep talking to me. The good thing for now is...I never answer them back.

Nothing is more conservative than a bacterium.

You can do more, you can always do more.

The prophet Zechariah warns that any nation that touches Jerusalem will be cut off.

...what makes humanity beautiful is our free will, our individuality, our endless striving in spite of our imperfection. BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON Chapter 27 Page 214

Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion

It is inner abandonment that leads men to the highest truth.

India wants to avoid a war at all costs but it is not a one-sided affair, you cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

And (cue music swell) motherhood turned out to be the most meaningful thing I've ever done with my life. Really.

My forefathers didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat.