The trick in minimizing dark moments, no matter how tragic they may be, is to have ambitions placed far beyond them.

A fiction writer is nothing more than the ambassador of an alternative world of their own design. Their success dwells in how many people their work entices to relocate

When writing fiction, you learn to only put things and characters in, that are going to progress your story. There is something to be learned about that approach in real life

Once you realize that the imagination is non-fiction, the world is yours

Emotions retain a timeless photographic memory. Good or bad, you can never forget how a person makes you feel.

The true magic of novels dwells within us individually. Each reader will interpret every single character, scene, and metaphor in a slightly different way

I find it boring and a waste of time debating other people’s opinions, however challenging my own is always intriguing and there is where I inevitably discover growth.

Growth dwells not in standing one’s ground, anyone can do that. Personal growth comes from reaching past insecurities with a sincere effort to acquire an understanding that does not mirror your own.

When you are touched by a calling, answer on the first ring. As time passes the volume decreases until it is silenced forever by our allotted time.

The definition of brilliance is redoing failures different each time and expecting successful results.

When their eyes connected she tilted her head slightly…paused, and smiled. It was as if she needed to see him at a different angle to insure that her instant desire wasn’t a vanishing mirage

Fear is Real not superficial...if ignored will conquer you...if fought...it will be conquered.-Fear of drowning can only be overcome only by learning to swim.

Only by binding together as a single force will we remain strong and unconquerable.

Train leaders in behaviors that promote trust and respect. Bust existing silos and focus on what’s best for the project.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

I was head of the Sixth Form Centre when I left the school.

This is the first generation in all of recorded history that can do something about the scourge of poverty. We have the means to do it. We can banish hunger from the face of the earth.

There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.

It is better to learn early of the inevitable depths, for then sorrow and death can take their proper place in life, and one is not afraid.

I cannot, in my old age, live off pieces of my youth.

The measure of your life will not be in what you accumulate, but in what you give away.