Meredith immersed herself in the novels. For some reason, fiction hit on the meaning of life so much more concisely than real life itself did.

Fear gripped her like hands around the neck, the way it could only happen in an unfamiliar room in the pitch black of night.

If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.

Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me.

You'll never see it my way, because you're not me!

He that mockes a cripple, ought to be whole.

The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.

Whatever your ethnicity is, in this life you are going to be on a journey to discover who you are and how you feel about yourself.

Rolling down the windows, yeah I got an air conditiona, but I got a sound I want the whole world to listenta.

Very few people ever meet celebrities. All we really know is what we read about them and the most memorable lines are jokes. That's how we tend to define what we think of a public figure.

Thoughts aren't fact, so don't take them seriously

I don't believe that narrative works when it's trying to teach a lesson or speak a factual truth.