Writers are used to being re-created, and need it.

Be mindful of your self-talk. It's a conversation with the universe.

People think you must be crackers if you've got a psychologist but psychology is part of the building bricks to make a top athlete.

To every Armageddonist, every earth lover must keep saying with all the sincerity and affection we can muster, “May God make this world as beautiful to you as it has been to me.

The bad thing about falling into pieces is that it hurts. The good thing about it is that once you're lying there in shards you've got nothing left to protect, and so have no reason not to be honest

But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

And into the brown paper bag of my heart, Eddy slipped a smile.

To me, it's a great day every time I receive a letter from somebody who climbed inside one of my books, inhabited it for a while, learned a little something, and emerged grateful.

I started having doubts right on top of my certainty.

I once drew a picture of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. But I put it away after a Feng Shui expert told me about the bad vibes

And pray where in earth or heaven are there prudent marriages? Might as well talk about prudent suicides.

Some unanswered prayers are only because God doesn't want to do something for us. He wants to do something through us.

Attempted murder should carry the same penalty as first-degree murder. Otherwise, you're simply rewarding incompetence.

Everyone tells me I've had such an interesting life, but sometimes I think it's been nothing but stomach disturbances and self-concern.

I believe the brain is like a muscle - like any other it can be improved.

The culture we have does not make people feel good about themselves. And you have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn't work, don't buy it.

To follow Jesus means putting him first, and stripping ourselves of all the things that oppress our hearts.

My favourite game is Postal because it is so politically incorrect.

Always carry a notebook. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.

We go to war only to make peace. We never went to war with any other design. We carry the national conscience wherever we go.