Your father says a wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountaintop.

Don't consider painful what's good for you.

I trust my wife's judgement... That's what Philippe says about Granny, just before all hell breaks loose.

Giving a woman your whole life is meaningless without giving her your whole heart as well.

You believe what your eyes want to believe!

We men and women are all in the same boat, upon a stormy sea. We owe to each other a terrible and tragic loyalty.

In the Steven F. Austin Colony, which was the first colony, Texans first established a provisional government in 1835 with the intention of writing a declaration of independence soon after.

There are different kinds of people in the world.

It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.

Be nice, be nice, until it's time to stop being nice, then destroy them.

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.

I lost the plot for a while then. And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, my popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign.

She was gorgeous and fearless and I was in awe.

Well, my aspirations certainly were not to be in a pre-school show. I mean, it's certainly nothing that I considered; it's nothing I ever thought anyone would ever let me do.