Sometimes what we want or don't want doesn't matter in the end.

I've worked out a Ninja Replacement Score for novels. It's basically the number of characters that need to be replaced by ninjas to make the book good.

I was once on a panel where we concluded that the only things you couldn't have in YA were boring and beastiality. Now with the introduction of shapeshifters, I'd say just boring.

Sometimes what we want or don't want doesn't matter in the end. Sometimes magic doesn't listen after all.

I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education.

The most perfect happiness, surely, must arise from the contemplation of the most perfect object.

and more important, did he love me as much as he once loved me?

I believe that people want to hear good songs and they want to be moved.

When we break bread and give it to each other, fear vanishes and God becomes very close.

What if reincarnation really happens, and Jesus were reincarnated, & you were a total d*ck to him? It could happen. You should probably treat everyone like they were Jesus reincarnated.

I play the notes as they are written, but it is God who makes the music.

Nothing can be 100 percent sustainable, but every effort makes an impact.

Poverty is the greatest cause of terrorism.

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.