I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.

I managed to take a family trip to the Bahamas and it was quite lovely.

My weakness is wearing too much leopard print.

I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.

I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.

If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!

Love does not appear with any warning signs. You fall into it as if pushed from a high diving board.

Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about what you've done in your life and write about that.

If you want to achieve your dreams, you must follow them, and the best way to follow them is not to think about wanting to be very rich, but to think about doing something that you really want to do.

Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.

If you wrote a page a day, at the end of the year you would have a book. Whether it's any good or not is beside the point, but you would have a book, instead of just talking about it all the time.

There is a myth at the heart of things and some element of genius in the heart of each person.

Greatness, Master, is generally only considered enough if you are the greatest.

If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed.... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.

When you have another person take part in the interview, you must notify the interviewee.

Everyone appreciates being appreciated!

Because I cannot sleep I make music at night.

Something indefinite is always worse than something definite, a strong fear that doesn't last very long is easier than one that's nebulous but doesn't go away.

To be an artist or a writer is to be this weird thing - a hand worker in an era of mass production.

Human language is mythological and metaphorical by nature.

Every day is a good day, and if you don't believe me, just try missing one of them.