Traveling light gives me a way to set down what would otherwise be the baggage of someone else' decision to cling to a well-worn path.

A writer’s uniqueness glows and transforms the heart and the soul of a reader.

The inner thought coming from the heart represents the real motives and desires.

Few and mean as my gifts may be, I actually am, and do not need for my own assurance or the assurance of my fellows any secondary testimony.

I always thought I was an extrovert until I became a theatre major. Then I realised I just didn't like silence.

Drugs age you after mental excitement. Lethargy then. Why? Reaction. A lifetime in a night. Gradually changes your character.

Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.

I think the fact that I grew up in show business had a real effect on my personality. If you were born in New York during the golden age of television, and you grew up on Broadway, that marks you.

I've come to believe that total nakedness, that is absolute transparency, that is utter and unfettered and profound visibility, is the only way that we can truly love. Anything less, is self-defense.

After Fifty Shades of Grey, I think my writing is pretty tame, isn't it?