In my case, once you sell a lot of books and you are labeled a bestselling author, the serious critics are never gonna say anything nice about you.

In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

Jesus preached more and taught more about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry than he did about heaven and hell. Shouldn't that tell us something?

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.

judge not that ye be not judged

Love is the enchanted dawn of every heart.

There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who walk into a room and say ‘Here I am’ and those who walk into a room and say, ‘There you are.

He put a hand on his throat, as though trying to stop the words, but they came anyway. "You're home. To me.

Beautiful souls are shaped by ugly experiences.

I am obsessed with not being obsessed with acquiring material things.

The word fate... is the refuge of every self-confessed failure.

Persistence is self-discipline in action.

I think it would be a good idea.

Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them.

I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that's the whole joy. If you could just do it, there'd be no point in doing it.