I try to be a lot of things for the authors I work with - a careful reader, a helpful friend who also happens to be an experienced writer, a thoughtful editor, and a creative midwife.

I think one thing I've learned, as dorky and obvious as this sounds: People who like cool books are usually really cool people.

I've always tried to keep my cover prices on the low side. I'm more interested in getting people to read the books we publish and less interested in the profit margin.

I wonder what the difference between love and control is, but I'm afraid to look those words up in a dictionary.

I sometimes wonder if what I create as a writer will leave any sort of dent. There's really no way of knowing, so I just have to keep going.

The best art on a football field usually happens during kickoff returns.

One thing that is sometimes forgotten in this "future of books" discussion is that there are all these awesome presses - big and small - that are producing and designing amazing books.

Just like writers can have a lot of different styles, so can readers. It's hard to pigeonhole book buyers.

There are definitely some tricks and techniques to a good reading. Rewarding the audience that shows up to your reading is very important and you can't be boring or ungrateful.

One thing I discovered is that the book world is vast. It's easy to walk around the store - even the room with literature and poetry, where I work most often - and feel overwhelmed.

Her short path through life had been written and it was not her right to know the meaning, only the outcome.

A man is simple when his chief care is the wish to be what he ought to be, that is honestly and naturally human.

I may be the most recognizable name in the cast, but I can guarantee that I am not the most talented.

I think it is incumbent on all human beings to oppose injustice in every form.

I've always had a will to succeed, to win, however you phrase it.

Races don't fall in love, genders don't fall in love: Individuals fall in love. We all should be free to marry the person that we love.

In the human mind, one-sidedness has always been the rule, and many-sidedness the exception. Hence, even in revolutions of opinion, one part of the truth usually sets while another rises.

A question may be asked, 'Will mothers have their children in eternity?' Yes! Yes! Mothers, you shall have your children.

The mark of a man of God is God upon the man.

Grace does not destroy nature, it perfects it.