I was filling entire school notebooks with stories by Grade 3. Of course, they were double-spaced, and the handwriting was huge.

Some authors, when starting a novel, imagine a place first. Others, a character starts taking shape in their head. I start with a hook, a situation, a 'what if.

Facebook, from what I can tell, is the virtual equivalent of dropping into the homes of several million people, all of whom say at the same time: 'Hey! Let's set up the slide projector!

My life isn't much different than when I worked full time as a journalist.

Sometimes, it's easier to tell a stranger something very personal. It's like there's less risk, opening yourself up to someone who doesn't know you.

All the places my mind took me were places I did not want to go.

It's hard to make things right for everyone.""But if everybody helped just one person, lots of people would get helped.

Valentine WeatherKiss me with rain on your eyelashes, come on, let us sway together, under the trees, and to hell with thunder.

Keep your heart pure. Overlook an insult.

Often the devil wants to distract us from our goal, to make us passive and neutralize our actions

Fame is not the glory! Virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger, to bring more to the fold.

Hell's only the flip side of Paradise. Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the two.

I would consider...Google Plus a push technology. It's closer to Twitter than to Facebook.

Life is once. Forever.

When you change, everything will change for you. When you get better, everything will get better for you.

Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen Hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh.

To justify an unorthodox life by writing about it is to re-inscribe the original violation, to re-violate masculine turf.