More often than not, real life is so rich, complex and unpredictable that it would seem completely implausible in the pages of a novel.

I have always been interested in the idea of self-reinvention.

She (the First Lady, entering the room with her gravely wounded husband) would admit fear but not despair.

Honor in the Dust is less about the freedom of the Philippines than the soul of the United States.

Theodore you have the mind but you have not the body, and without the help of the body the mind cannot go as far as it should. I am giving you the tools, but it is up to you to make your body.

...nothing seemed quite as romantic as holding hands while you climaxed.

[We believe that unions have always been about much more than the industries in which they operate.] The fight is never about grapes or lettuce, ... It is always about people.

Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth.

The Nazgul they were; the Ringwraiths, the Enemy's most terribly servants; darkness went with them and they cried with the voices of death.

But remember, continuing a wrong relationship only increases the pain when it finally does end.

We just want to build a company that focuses on the love of Instagram.

The stories are most often about justice. In her stories, those who commit injustice, or act tyrannically, come to no good. They are punished.

When I read it ["Tough Guys Don't Dance"], I don't wince, which is all I ever ask for a book I write.

The Church needs your faith, your idealism and your generosity, so that she can always be young in the Spirit.

I've always sort of time-locked and mind-blocked myself in my 30s, and that's always the age I feel.