Would you want to do business with a person who was 99% honest?

Every goal, every action, every thought, every feeling one experiences, whether it be consciously or unconsciously known, is an attempt to increase one's level of peace of mind.

Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within.

He has the lucidity which is the by-product of a fundamentally sterile mind.

Self-pity is never useful. It tends to distort like a fun-house mirror.

I don't use scientific data as a foundation for believing in God - I use it as an enrichment of my knowledge of God.

I went into the desert to forget about you. But the sand was the color of your hair. The desert sku was the color of your eyes. There was nowhere I could go that wouldn't be you.

I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.

Women are strong now. Women are dominating the charts, and women are doing it for themselves. We're kicking butt and taking no prisoners.

Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.

I've always been a strong believer that you were born with the hair you've got, but have the ability to get the hair you want.

Grace is unconditional acceptance given to an undeserving person by an unobligated giver.