I like to think that when I complete a novel I learned something along the way.

Without imagination, writing is a stack of lumber, a sack of nails, and a locked tool shed.

When you believe you've become the best writer you can be… you still aren’t.

Discover everything about your characters that you can before you write your story. If you get stuck at any point, they will write your dialog for you.

Writing a novel is easy… writing checks is hard.

Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.

No. I will never let you hurt Day like that. Not the way I've already hurt him.

You want to love everyone equally, and that's worse than impossible--it's wrong.

How much of your life can you account for? My life is a collage of unaccounted for brush strokes; I am all random”.

You don't have to worry about the guy that threatens to beat you up. Worry about the guy that shows up on your doorstep, looking for a fight.

The Gillard government must give up its addiction to wasteful spending borrowing and taxing.

Life is full of horrible mistakes.

Follow your instincts - you never know if your ideas will work out unless you try them.

I am going to do everything I can to clear my name.

Through the study of books one seeks God; by meditation one finds him.

The director's very important to me, particularly when the director has a recognizable style.