I stared, like always. A tree in the Petrified Forest. I looked down at my hands and feet and ordered them to move, only they wouldn’t.

Courage is not beating up the bully or letting the bully beat you up, it is standing strong before the bully and seeing him for what he truly is: a child of God in need of an attitude adjustment.

All mountain landscapes hold stories: the ones we read, the ones we dream, and the ones we create.-from the Editor's Note, The Alpinist (April 1, 2010)

I hate women because they always know where things are.

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.

And whether or not we had now paid our dues, he was my blessing, and I was his.

Nobody lived my life. Nobody cried my tears. So don't judge me.

I don't feel like I look like the other perfect little pop singers. I think I'm changing what people think is sexy.

I'm for anything that lets writers stretch, in or out of their series.

The tunnels may be long, and twisted, and dark; but you are supposed to go through them.

It's okay to start over again.