It takes ten times longer to get rid of your reputation than it does to make it.

I really don't think records should be made in the manner where you sit and write, and when you're finished writing, you start recording. That just seems conventional and old-fashioned to me.

In the strength of God, you can crush any army

I'm a bit of a night owl because that's when I feel the most creative and alive.

Liberals want the government to get bigger, and they want you to drive smaller cars, and they want to dictate the way you live.

A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet

Leaders have to figure it out when there is no road map.

Everyone's different. I mean, some people write journals for their characters and stuff, but that was never really my area.

Nobody wanders his or her way to a dream, and nobody achieves a dream by accident. Don't shortcut the process and risk cheating yourself out of your dream!

Vampires!!! What a time to be caught without a turtleneck!

The waves of pain that had only lapped at me before now reared high up and washed over my head, pulling me under. I did not resurface.