The single most important issue for traumatized people is to find a sense of safety in their own bodies.

The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.

You can't see the glory of life if you haven't seen the dark side of life.

Maybe, peace was preferable to pleasure. Maybe, peace is one’s first love.

Even though your thinking might not be right for others, just so long as it's right for you then that's all what matters.

Age doesn't determine maturity. It's the depth of life that does, not its duration.

I'm running on hate.

Foreign influence is truly the Grecian horse to a republic. We cannot be too careful to exclude its influence.

I am never going to do an Empire Strikes Back ending again in a game, even if they put branding irons to my feet.

There are many Iranians working at NASA. One of the engineers involved with the spaceship that went to Mars is an Iranian.

If I ever have a chance to become a top-notch guy on a top team, I think that's more valuable than anything else.

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.

None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.