I tried getting my dad to buy me a beeper for my birthday,” he says, “but he thinks only doctors and drug dealers need them.

The main thing I wanted to say, and thankfully it’s what most people say they get out of the book, is simply an acknowledgement that we do affect each other in ways we can’t predict.

No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.

You can hear rumors. But you can't know them.

You can't stop the future You can't rewind the past The only way to learn the secret ...is to press play.

I've always loved brainstorming with other writers, and I consider having my work critiqued a part of that brainstorming.

And at some point, the struggle becomes too much-too tiring-and you consider letting go. Allowing tragedy... or whatever... to happen.

You can't go back to how things were. How you thought they were. All you really have is...now.

Everything...affects everything

After all, how often do we get a second chance?

In the end....everything matters.

There is an equation that I like to use when looking at my life's progress:Current Worth - Past Worth = Progress or Regression

He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.

If you listen to yo momma You won't ever have no fun.

His energy is very malevolent. Don't get sick or I'll start asking you if the baby is all right in front of him.

It's hard to keep family life and workplace separated.

We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.

Because of the booking I will miss the Holland game - if selected.

The moment of that kiss contained every happy moment I had ever lived.

A coward with a gun is the most dangerous person in the world

By the apostle Paul, shadows tonight Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers.