My job is to inspire others to live full lives. Whether I do that through my writing or my actions are one in the same.

Emotions make us human. Denying them makes us beasts.

Like a wolf, she lived by instinct.

For me, at least, fiction is the only way i can even begin to twist my lying memories into something true.

When a person sets out to learn from others and not to teach others he becomes a true writer.

So when it comes to Elvis and Joe, I have to trust my instincts, because they’ve gotten me here. And I have to write what I believe in, what I find moving.

If a man does his best, what else is there?

It doesn't work if the bad guys kill his mother's uncle's friend's neighbor's pet dog. You've got to make the stakes high.

Keep on listening & tapping your feet.

Dogs are the broccaflower of the animal kingdom.

I have sung in hobo jungles, and I have sung for the Rockefellers, and I am proud that I have never refused to sing for anybody.

The largest enemy of change isn't 'no', it's 'not yet' - that is the easiest way to forestall change.