Make today the day you begin that awesome idea you have had for years. Now go, write this book, and remember that today is an important day in history.

Let your story grow. Let it surprise you, and it will certainly surprise your readers.

Writing is more than just a method to tell stories. It’s a way to find healing, and to healing others.

Description is the color in the canvas of your story.

TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO MAKE ART.

All great stories began as shitty first drafts.There are no exceptions to this.

Writing is an adventure. There is no way to know where it will take you, and what you will find. You could find success. You could find fans. Or, best of all, you could find yourself.

Stop beating yourself up over all the days you didn’t work on your story. Focus on what you can do today.Sit down, and write.

All great writers share one thing in common:They finished their books.

Originality is not writing the story that has never been told, but writing the stories only you can tell.

If you only had a year left to live, what book would you write?Now, write that book.

Why is the truth usually not just un- but anti-interesting?

I'll tell you, Quentin Tarantino really writes the most amazing dialogue.

My will, my faith and my body have been challenged, but make no mistake, my heart is strong and my resolve to fight will never be broken.

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

Madrid reacting with the forceful protection of bullfighting as an art form is an example of the survival of the old values.

You know, you get into the business of commercial photography, and that's all you do is photograph what you know. That's what you're hired for.

I saw rock n' roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.

One key to success is demanding more than adequacy, never settling for good enough and always doing a little bit more.

We had a church together. We co-founded and co-pastored the ministry, but Randy [White] was really a strong part.

Sing, for faith and hope are high- None so true as you and I- Sing the Lovers' Litany: "Love like ours can never die!"