We're naturally afraid of a spider - these are memories that are being chemically passed down through your DNA.

I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to make someone think and make me think.

I tend to be a very logical, practical person.

Your truth really can't be twisted. It is what it is. That doesn't mean that a person can't develop and change and reinterpret their life.

I'm a history person, and I love the groundedness of that, of being able to go, "Yes! People acted like that."

I don't think I've ever done anything that's completely the same, yet.

I would never say that I'm not going to do something. I like not being limited.

I'll tell you what I was most surprised to discover about my writing process, and that is that I never know what I'm doing.

I think there's a lot that we remember almost chemically, through our DNA.

I think Scotland is probably my spiritual home and I love it there very, very much.

I would not give up a lot of what I know about my heritage. I would not give up knowing where I came from, the good parts and the bad parts.

The purpose of education is to save young people from the paralyzing effects of wealth and poverty. (more or less verbatim quote)

Be patient and wait for the due harvest.

Moksha (ultimate liberation) cannot be attained until purity arises. To attain purity one has to realize ‘Who am I?

Happiness lies in the fulfillment of the spirit through the body.

I'm not trying to achieve perfection. I don't like this forced control people have over work.

Hillary Clinton is raising your taxes, folks. You can look at me. She's raising your taxes really high. And what that's going to do is a disaster for the country.

Running was like the friend that never left. It was just always there.

It's hard for a newbie author to get noticed.

I've always been a rule-follower. Even when I was a kid, I tried to do everything by the book.