The average author hawks their books at many events. They are vigilant promoters, waiting for a breakthrough. They do this, or else watch their novel wither away.

Without imagination, writing is a stack of lumber, a sack of nails, and a locked tool shed.

When you believe you've become the best writer you can be… you still aren’t.

Discover everything about your characters that you can before you write your story. If you get stuck at any point, they will write your dialog for you.

Writing a novel is easy… writing checks is hard.

I like to think that when I complete a novel I learned something along the way.

Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.

I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I have come to the edge, of the land. I could get pushed over.

Life is a game, you live so you play. Follow your dreams and win what your happy heart desires.

After all, if you run far enough, no one can catch you.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Love of learning led to monasteries, which became the cradle of academic guilds.

Just as Jimmy Stewart and Tyrone Power get 50 percent of the profits, so do I.

I loved to press the shutter, to freeze time, to turn little slices of life into rectangle rife with metaphor.

This idea of compassion comes to us because we're made in the image of God, who is ultimately the compassionate one.

My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.

I don't smoke, drink. I exercise, drink lots of water, eat well, don't sun. Me cuido.There's a lot of things that I want to do.