The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.

I'm the only one who can stop me.. I'm the one who's been sitting at the stoplight all these years, waiting for the light to turn green.

Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

People like to run their mouths.

Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.

Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.

As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

Scepticism is the first step towards truth.

Freedom is for the curious ones. Free is the one not influenced by taboos. Free is the one who reasons and evolves continuously, and refuses to accept anything without thinking.

One never knows the ending. One has to die to know exactly what happens after death, although Catholics have their hopes.

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.

San Diego was fantastic. I think there's something about San Diego that is quite different than Los Angeles.

Peace can start with just one heart.

It is the parents duty to intervene when they see wrong choices being made.

Don't get me started on the little airplane name badges," Natalie grumbled.

He was the sort of person who stood on mountaintops during thunderstorms in wet copper armour shouting 'All the Gods are bastards.'