I never have the feeling that I actually know what I'm doing or anything that I'm writing is any good.

I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to make someone think and make me think.

We're naturally afraid of a spider - these are memories that are being chemically passed down through your DNA.

I tend to be a very logical, practical person.

Your truth really can't be twisted. It is what it is. That doesn't mean that a person can't develop and change and reinterpret their life.

I'm a history person, and I love the groundedness of that, of being able to go, "Yes! People acted like that."

I don't think I've ever done anything that's completely the same, yet.

I would never say that I'm not going to do something. I like not being limited.

I'll tell you what I was most surprised to discover about my writing process, and that is that I never know what I'm doing.

I think there's a lot that we remember almost chemically, through our DNA.

I think Scotland is probably my spiritual home and I love it there very, very much.

Get this under control as soon as you can young lady, because no one here gives a damn about your unlimited power-Mason Lerner

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.

Living life with a clear conscience is the fruit of a repentant heart and new life through Jesus Christ.

Merely stating a truth isn't enough. The truth has to be made vivid, interesting, dramatic. You have to use showmanship.

Earth is a silly name for this planet.

In the school of the woods, there is no graduation day.

This is a game. That's all it is. It's not a war.

Life loves the person who dares to live it.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity.

I'd hate to imply that it's your civic duty to see The House I Live In, but guess what it is.