The secret of discipline is motivation. When a man is sufficiently motivated discipline will take care of itself.

silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.

You want to BE happy and HAVE success? Join those words, BE+HAVE… To experience success in your life requires that you decide what you want and BEHAVE accordingly.

There’s only truth and not truth. You’re either very good or evil.

We may get a paycheck, but over time what we sense is the dying of our souls.

We will have equality when a female schlemiel moves ahead as fast as a male schlemiel.

If you do not have the power to compete with the best believers in good deeds, then compete with the sinners in asking for Allah’s forgiveness.

Books are keys that open many doors -- James Rollins

I've been very lucky in the characters I've chosen. Up until last year I was a nobody. I did jobs I booked because I needed to put food in my mouth.

The art of the novel is to arrive at that artless point where your characters become more real than yourself.

Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life.