Without imagination, writing is a stack of lumber, a sack of nails, and a locked tool shed.

When you believe you've become the best writer you can be… you still aren’t.

Discover everything about your characters that you can before you write your story. If you get stuck at any point, they will write your dialog for you.

Writing a novel is easy… writing checks is hard.

I like to think that when I complete a novel I learned something along the way.

Writing is a craft, being an author is work, and having readers and a following is a gift.

You are never late in the pursuit of the dreams. Once you recognised your dreams and visions. You must reach out passionately to fulfill them.

My father spoke with his hands. He was deaf. His voice was in his hands. And his hands contained his memories.

The record store was a place of escape. It was a library and a clubhouse” - Cameron Crowe quoted

So I think you have to marry for the right reasons, and marry the right person.

The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long.

We are too quickly losing important landscapes in this country to development - and I worry that if we do not act to protect them now, future generations will grow up in a profoundly different world.

In this new era of social media the rules of the road have changed significantly, yet the basic yearning for true connectivity and love have not.

When even the scrupulously detached BBC is exhorting us to talk to God, you know something is going on.

I am happy to be a role model for anybody - whether they are black, white, yellow, pink or purple.

There is but one temple in this Universe: The Body. We speak to God whenever we lay our hands upon it.