When you do something you are proud of, praise yourself for it.

The perfect man is someone you love who also loves you.

We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens to us in our lives.

...so Leola thought that a modest romance with a hero in embryo could do no harm - might even be a patriotic duty.

I have a tendency toward being a micromanager.

I love really, really deep, dark-as-Russia storylines. I love supernatural aspects. I grew up with ghost stories.

The average reader can contemplate with considerable fortitude the sorrows and disappointments of someone else.

I write well on the road. I have the energy, I have the motivation to write. I'm happy when I'm on the road.

If you have a higher reason ... than just to make money... it will bring you longer fulfillment. And it won't feel like work.

The wise man seeks death all his life, and for this reason death is not terrifying to him.

Power always protects the good of some at the expense of all others.

When you wanna rock hard, children, lean on F#.

Stick around long enough to be someone's friend. Because true friendship, once recognized, in its essence is effortless.