I'm not trying to please anyone. I'm just trying to write a damn book.

Authors do not choose a story to write, the story chooses us.

Books have a way of finding their way into our lives, usually, right when we need them the most.

A book series is never truly over. The story lives on, even when the final page has been turned.

I pity the people who don't like to read, because then they spend their whole lives stuck in this one world and dont get to discover any others.

Compassion is the chief law of human existence.

Someone once said that love is the closest thing to magic that this world has, but magic enchants, deceives and casts a spell.

What is the likelihood, of winning the lottery, then lose it all the next day when you step out your front door and get struck by lightning? Probably, very slim, but then anything is possible.

The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable.

Judged against eternity, how little of what agitates us makes any difference.

Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner.

Our life evokes our character and you find out more about yourself as you go on.

My apartment is my stage, and my bedroom is my stage - they're just not stages you're allowed to see.

When there is violence against any person in society, because he or she is different, it threatens us all. Only by speaking out are any of us safe.

One of the great ironies of the social media era is that some of the least social people in the world created it.