While every chapter should have goals to further the plot and delve our readers deeper into our world, there must be one goal above all else: Emotional Impact.

Bottom line, when someone defensively says their way of writing is their style, then that usually means they're making an excuse for poor prose.

There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever.

The perfect human being is uninteresting. — Joseph Campbell

Women, like men, should try to do the impossible. And when they fail, their failure should be a challenge to others.

But, based on my friendship with Evie as young mothers, I started going on freedom rides in 1966.

Do something nice for somebody. Do something nice for God. Do something nice for the earth - and don't expect anything in return or you will suffer.

Somebody who knows what they're doing, who has a good track record, they come across as very articulate, bright and looking for a challenge - that's absolutely my kind of hire.

When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective.

You are in recovery if you say you are.

There's homophobia in every corner and pocket of this world but at the core you just love someone and want to make mixed tapes for them.

All the music we know that's popular is actually commonly shared music that takes things that are similar about all of us.