My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis.

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.

A goal without action is like a late night dream.

Limitless material growth is not sustainable or moral.

And so the spirits just gazed at us with eyes milked dry of care.

In baiting a mousetrap with cheese always leave room for the mouse.

It takes a person with a mission to succeed.

Hey! I don't have to put up with this! I'm rich!

Christian minds have been conformed to the modern spirit: the spirit, that is, that spawns great thoughts of man and leaves room for only small thoughts of God.

Good intentions are simply not enough. Our character is defined and our lives are determined not by what we want, say or think, but by what we do.

I used to want to change the world. Now I'm open to letting it change me.

I listen to archival and historic recordings. I love watching singers. I learned a lot from watching videos.