I want to make it so that so many things happen... that you didn't expect would happen in this series, that you realize that you have to read every one of them.

I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.

Each book will have a lot of cliffhangers, because I like that.

A moment of consideration often prevents a thousand apologies

Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too.

Over the years, I've trained myself to speak using the same language I would use if I were typing: meaning using full sentences in the way that paragraphs and scenes are arranged.

My dad is a bank president and my mom was an accountant and they didn't think that seeking the life of a freelance writer was very practical, you see. Of course, I was just as determined to do it.

If you had an alien race that looked like insects, then they would build robots to look like themselves, not to look like people.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

One of the things that was kind of shocking for humans... was to come to terms with was the fact that, hey, we may not be the center of the universe.

Wouldn't you like to have an augmented memory chip that you could plug into your head so you don't have to look everything up and remember everything?

We have to be ready for the blessings God tosses at us. In order to catch your blessing, you have to let go of your burden.

You won't get love from a child if you don't give love.

Confused? Confusion is good. It’s an excellent place to learn something new from.

Everybody changes, not just me.

Conscious auto-suggestion, made with confidence, faith, and perseverance realizes itself automatically, in all matters within reason.

I stopped taking drugs when I was 19, and who wants to drive a cab around New York with drugs in their car?

These divisions in the international community - the Syrians bear quite a lot of the blame, but we have enabled it by the divisions between us.

Every day, put a little makeup on, put on some nice underwear, and you'll keep your husband.

Love makes fools of us all, big and little.