JB’s mother had taught him early on that appreciated women are happy women.

So you want me to go to a human orgy, where I will not be welcome, and you want us to leave before I get to enjoy myself? ~Eric Northman

It's hard not to respond when a master of the art of kissing is laying one on you.

Hey, our hair's the same color, " I said, eying us side by side in the mirror."Sure is, girlfriend." Eric grinned at me.

My pride had risen up and whopped me in the face. I don't lose my temper a lot, but when I do, I make a good job of it.

You're lips are bloody.' He seized my face in both hands and kissed me. It's hard not to respond when a master of the art of kissing is laying one on you.

Active-awareness combined with daily active-effort will compound to make a significant difference.

‎"If a person is not willing to take responsibility for themselves, it does not excuse them from not taking responsibility when their bad choices affect others.

I could have written a misery memoir and instead I tried to make it funny. I never complained.

Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not to stifle the creative process, which I see as a process that's never-ending.

I'm a big fan of the Harry Potter books, but I'd love to do one where one of the kids dies, or one of the main characters dies. I love for those things to have a little bit more tragedy.

I love New York, I love the Yankees, I love the fans here.

Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.

I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics.

I'm not criticizing the science in Star Wars. That's a waste of everybody's time.

The value of other people is that they have something unique to offer.