I tend to scare myself.

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.

Act with God's compassion, mercy and forgiveness in mind and you will always be right. Act with revenge in your heart and you will always be wrong.

Health is wealth

People cannot live forever, but memories can. Never pass up an opportunity to create awesome memories with your special ones.

Trust me. Sometimes God comes down and puts his hand on you if you're too big in your thoughts.

In the old days we used to get more referrals, because people had insurance that paid for therapy. Now they belong to HMOs, and we can only be affiliated with a few HMOs.

There were some things that only time could cure. Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.

A writer of books has to admit that film is the enemy, and that in my case I have been sleeping with the enemy.

If your faith is in experiences, anything that happens is likely to upset that faith.

My experience with songwriting is usually so confessional, it's so drawn from my own life and my own stories.

I got my equity card, found my agent, and then I got a part on 'Gilmore Girls.' That turned into a job that kept giving - they wrote more for me.