I have these huge black foam boards on the wall, and tacked to them, I have these white punch cards with my story ideas, scenes and notes.

A dog could see your heart in your eyes, Budress told him, and dogs were drawn to our hearts.

She asked me why I always had something flip to say. I said that I didn't know, but having been blessed with the gift, I felt obliged to use it.

Everyone knows dogs. Most people love dogs. I think most American families probably have a dog, but I don't think people really realize or understand just how wonderful and special dogs are.

Dogs give us something just as we give something to them.

Everything we are is anchored in our childhoods. The drama comes in how we deal with it. Are we slaves to our past, or can we rise above it? This is the stuff of great stories.

The sense of smell in all dogs is their primary doorway to the world around them.

Lucy took a single plain donut from the bag and held it for me to take a bite. Tender and light and still warm from the frying. Not too sugary.

Sometimes I am so dry that people don't know I'm kidding and think I'm being serious. I enjoy this because their reactions are often funny.

People want you to be ordinary.

My books come to me in images, and sometimes the image is at the beginning of the book, and sometimes it's simply a flash somewhere in the middle.

Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.

My love is for you lives after life, for infinite time even though I will never get you, but my love for you is forever.

I believe that the choice not to have a choice is a choice in itself

I won't change anything because I think the most important thing is being yourself and that's what I'm going to continue to do.

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.

A tough will counts. So does desire.So does a rich soft wanting.Without rich wanting nothing arrives.

To be nice to people and make them happy - that's my philosophy in life.

I suppose you could say I love outlaw American culture.

Choosing joy involves spiritual surrender, and sometimes we would rather hold on to the pain than surrender our egos.

The world belongs to those who possess it, and is scorned by those to whom it should belong.