This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Only bad writers think they're good.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

I always think the insecurity is going to go away, but it's always there. Only bad writers think they're good.

Believing in Jesus prevent you from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God

Small but growing is better than big and stuck.

I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.

Coffee is not as necessary to ministers of the reformed faith as to Catholic priests. The latter are not allowed to marry, and coffee is said to induce chastity.

I played piano for about two years when I was a kid. I didn't play long enough to be really great.

I know who I am, I know what I am capable of, I know who I trust.

It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time.

Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.

I need to know how the clock is made after you tell me what time it is. I want to know all the details so I can understand how it works.

I've read over 200 self improvement books. I know what to do to change my life around, but I have the fear of that change. What will happen then? I have the fear that something unexpected may occur.