I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami but salami is salami.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

The past is the place we view the present from as much as the other way around.

Writers see the world differently. Every voice we hear, every face we see, every hand we touch could become story fabric.

DANWhat do you want?ALICETo be loved.DANThat simple?ALICE It's a big want.

What believer of faith among us can claim to understand the exact mechanistic structure of a world created by a god/God?

Quit acting like everything is so serious. Most situations aren’t as bad as you fear, and those that are might benefit from a little laughter.

They were never defeated they were only killed.

I love playing moms. It's a lot easier than being a mom, I hear.

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

... if you're a woman, all they can think about your relationship with a politician is that you're either sleeping with him or advising him about clothes.

I can never let the guy across from me be in better shape. I have to be the best-conditioned guy.