Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

Discipline means looking beyond the appearance, beyond that which is visible and acknowledging one Infinite Cause.

So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was a sense of loss of enthusiasm, a loss of happiness, a significant decline in self worth.

Learning is a process whereby a human being, or group, or organization, or society comes to understand and embody nature's patterns.

I was raised in farm and ranch communities, and my dad wanted me to be a cowboy like him, but I saw how he struggled in life and wanted more than that.

Don't be afraid. Change is such a beautiful thing", said the Butterfly.

I feel like a failure." The expression comes so naturally that we forget it is a figure of speech: the language of business applied to the soul.

Our first stage of existence is truly honored by the magnificent view of our destination.

I've seen so many lives turn around from the impossible. I have come to embrace the idea that even the simplest act of understanding, love and attention can produce the biggest results.

I think the only difference between me and the other candidates is that I'm more honest and my women are more beautiful.

I usually tame my off-kilter sense of humor for novels.

Great things astonish us, and small dishearten us. Custom makes both familiar.

I think you have to work very hard and dedicate yourself and have the respect of your teammates before you're about to go out and just try to take a game over by yourself.

The sum of all sums is eternity.

Sports and politics are basically all I really care about or talk about.