I’ve tried being other people and myself suits me the best.

People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.

A villain is just a victim whose story hasn’t been told.

When people hurt you over and over, think of them like sand paper. They may scratch and hurt you a bit, but in the end, you end up polished and they end up useless.

If you truly own who you are, no one can use you against you.

I couldn't do country, with all due respect to all country music artists. My parents dressed me up with a cowboy hat and we'd go to the rodeo when I was younger and it traumatized me for life.

You can't shy away from your greatness just because you're afraid you're not great enough

Even in the worst of situations-even when it seems no one in the world appreciates you-as long as you have hope, everthing can get better

Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.

To Grandma: Once upon a time, there was a boy who flew.

You don’t get to pick where you’re from, but you always have control of where you’re going.

I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home.

Writing a book has about it some of the anxiety of telling a joke and having to wait several years to know whether or not it was funny.

I think if you've suffered, if you've experienced loss, you're probably more open to understanding it and more comfortable talking about it and experiencing it.

I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.

I like fashion to go down to the street, but I can't accept that it should originate there.

Scatterbrain is one of those harmless little words you use a million times... Then it turns up in a crime scene description.

A woman's posterior is the key to my heart.

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate.

What I like best is a good story with a moral.

If I could write a novel while I'm walking, I probably would.