My attitude is that if anybody of any age wants to read a book, let them, but I do think that no child would want to read 'Boneland.'

She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting.

I loathe crowds. I especially dont like cities. A city involves biomass. And biomass gets to me.

Im not supposed to be within two hundred feet of a school or a Chuck E. Cheese.

I wish Monkeys could Skype. Maybe one day.

It's where I keep all my things. Get a lot of compliments on this. Plus it's not a purse, it's called a satchel. Indiana Jones wears one.

I love research so much that I do an enormous amount; it helps put off the moment of starting to write the story.

Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.

I learnt that I must never finish a book with nothing else to do.

Hitting the gym to release stress is not nearly as effective as hitting the people that cause the stress to begin with.

Possessive parents rarely live long enough to see the fruits of their selfishness.

It is not our politicians who will lead the change. The only person who can change our politics is the engaged citizen.

The way to embody love completely is to see and appreciate life just as it is, and not as you believe, fear, or desire it to be.

I have never met anyone who gave back a heart they stole.

As Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, a constant concern for me is having our veterans dragged into partisan politics.

Well, a peach has a lovely taste and so does a mushroom, but you can't put the two together.

In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.

I have such poor vision I can date anybody.

A thought for today: 'People change and forget to tell each other.'

I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

Video games is a big part of a kids' life. Videos games let you be something that you're not, so does acting, but it puts you in like a real situation type thing or something totally different.