If anybody had shown me the paperwork for how my life was going to look in five years, I would have said, "No. That is not where I want to go."

Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.

Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature.

Never be so focused on what you're looking for that you overlook the thing you actually find.

No matter how much we love a book, the experience of reading it isn't complete until we can give it to someone who will love it as much as we do

Only a few of us are going to be willing to break our own hearts by trading in the living beauty of imagination for the stark disappointment of words.

You are always someones favorite unfolding story

Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.

I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list.

There can be something cruel about people who have had good fortune. They equate it with personal goodness.

Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.

What is the purpose of achieving your dream if the people you had dreamed your achievements for are no longer there to reap the benefits?

Behind every dreamer stands an army full of true believers.

By Trial And Error Divine Principles That Govern Our Behavior Has Been Discovered

Our own interests are still an exquisite means for dazzling our eyes agreeably.

When girls come up and say, "You're my role model," it's really flattering, but it's also really scary because I'm not perfect and I'm going to make mistakes.

There was a time when all I cared about was the next game, the next party, the next tee time.

It's not the hair on your head that matters. It's the kind of hair you have inside.

[The Great Migration] had such an effect on almost every aspect of our lives - from the music that we listen to to the politics of our country to the ways the cities even look and feel.

A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things.

Night after night I could feel the chills go up and down my spine, they played so well.