The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up.

Life is like a prism. What you see depends on how you turn the glass.

All of us are like locks. No matter how strong the bolt, there’s always a key out there that opens it.

The science of psychotherapy is knowing what to say, the art is knowing when to say it. (36)

It didn't feel difficult at the time because I was so charged up about both books. Afterward, however, I was pretty tired. In a good way, like after a great workout.

To trust someone is to take the greatest risk of all. (180)

Therapist’s dilemma: those who need help the most, run the farthest from it.

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God.

Just because others have it worse doesn’t mean you have to suffer in silence.

I would never have been a novelist without working as a psychologist...it was a great education in human nature.

Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world.

Don't let the lies of yesterday hamper the promises of tomorrow

We humans have two things that set us apart and make us able to do what no other form of life can—reason and feel. That’s because we have brains and hearts.

How we talk effects our lives in two very important ways. It shows how we think of others and how we think of ourselves. The fascinating thing is they always run together.

Poetry is not a mere expression of a poet's self, but an enchantment, a spell of the muse, the inspiration. Poetry is thus magic and magic is poetry.

Christ demands first place. There's no room on the throne of your heart for two gods.

You find God the moment you realize that you don't need to seek God

The world is dying for want, not of good preaching, but of good hearing.

It is time for us to turn to each other, not on each other.

Walk ten meters, you will find the lust; walk thousand miles, you may find the love! Soil is everywhere; but gold is somewhere!

Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people.