I'm a mix; I'm sure some of my Canadian friends find me very American, both in person and on the page.

Often what may appear as a detour in life is actually the most direct and empowering path to your destination.

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

You'll never be fully engaged in where you are or where you're going by settling for normal. Here's a fact: No one who was normal ever made history. Drop that fantasy like a hot rock!

God's greatest gift to you is your unlimited potential. Your greatest gift to God is to use that potential to the fullest.

In your life's defining moments there are two choices - you either step forward in faith and power or you step backward into fear.

Concentrated attention is the collection of units of power on a chosen point of intention.

The content of your thoughts and personal beliefs can be proven by a single indicator - your current results.

Control is never achieved when sought after directly; it is the surprising result of letting go.

The journey of true success and lasting leaderships begins with the inward journey to the soul.

The seed you sow today will not produce crop till tomorrow. For this reason, your identity does not lie in your current results. This is not who you are. your current results are who you were.

...she said all writers were prima donnas, drunks, social misfits, pompous, or depressed. Brilliant, maybe, but completely crazy.

Whatever gets you through the night

But, self, that thing was on TV, and this one wants to tear your liver out your nose. Run.

You don’t need to drink to get over your feelings. Deal with your feelings that’s how you get over them,

Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his sons the hardships that made him rich.

The powder is mixed with water and tastes exactly like powder mixed with water.

I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature.

We cannot afford not to fight for growth and understanding, even when it is painful, as it is bound to be.

The last sin, the sin against the Holy Ghost - to lie to oneself. Lying to other people - that's a small thing in comparison.

I tried to be diplomatic, but mostly I just lied a lot.