I was a very bad musician. I was the world's worst guitar player, so when I was performing solo with a guitar, I had to keep things very simple.

I like spoken-word as much as the singing word.

When I'm speaking, I'm more focused on the words as meaning. When I'm singing, I'm more focused on the words as sound. The emotion is more targeted when I'm speaking, more flowing when I'm singing.

He was one of life’s great helpers, for he cleaned up foul places and made them sweet.

Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

No, it is better not. She will only ask me to take a message to Albert.

You cannot read any image of the World Trade Center without thinking of 9/11.

Stay fluid and roll with those changes. Life is just a big extended improvisation.

Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It’s a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you breathless.

Even in the Future the Story Begins with Once Upon a Time.

I am, at the end of the day, a guy who loves story.

I'm not a big fan of plastic surgery. Because it looks like you had plastic surgery.

I don't want to be the funny girl or the serious girl. I would hope to touch on all different genres and all different types of characters, which I think I've been lucky enough to do, so far.