Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer.

If you're gonna fret, fret over something you can change. Then stop fretting and do something about it.

Some people are just afraid of what's different. It doesn't mean different is bad. It just means different is different.

Although I always loved reading and putting words on paper, I never thought about becoming a writer until I was twelve.

When I was young, I was very shy and quiet, because we moved all the time. My dad was in the Navy, so we moved every two years.

And in this moment, I realize one reason it's so great to have a best friend is sometimes, like right now, Cal and I are thinking the very same thing.

I'm amazed how the tiniest moments grow into books.

A dog pours a pitcher of love into the lonesome spots of your life.

Zachary smiles, and I wonder if he's felling different. Because standing out here waist deep in Gossimer Lake, next to my best friend, I'm feeling different-light and good and maybe even holy.

The other person always has a point, Listen to each other, and you'll hear it.

When you arise in the moring, think of what a precious privelege it is to be alive-- to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love

The two words expressed volumes.

The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.

Resurrect the dreams that you allowed to be killed by those who never dare to dream

When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.

I'm never the kind of person to say what somebody else should do. I'm very much do what you feel to do.

Where it gets clear for me about the privacy issue is with my kids because they didn't choose this kind of life. I'm an incredibly open person, though - I'll tell anyone anything.

I am trying to awake the energy contained in the air. These are the main sources of energy. What is considered as empty space is just a manifestation of matter that is not awakened.

The secular and religious Left find it convenient to demonize politically conservative Christians.