judge not that ye be not judged

In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.

One thing you really have to watch as a writer is getting on a soapbox or pulpit about anything. You don't want to alienate readers.

You live your life today, Not tommorow, and certainly not yesterday.

Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.

Jesus preached more and taught more about helping the poor and the sick and the hungry than he did about heaven and hell. Shouldn't that tell us something?

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.

When you work at street level you never know who's going to walk through your door.

Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.

I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.

Your life as a Christian must be that which glorifies God

The best thing must be to flee from all to the All.

If you've had a good time playing the game you're a winner even if you lose.

I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel.

Excuses change nothing, but make everyone feel better.

I'd like to do more family dramas.

I like to dominate powerful men..Black men aren't good at oral $ex”

Because to tell you the truth, most of the time dying seems pretty much like my only means of escape

When I was a kid, everybody that played golf was an old man. Until Tiger showed up, they weren't in very good shape.

The people who have destroyed the health care system are also in line to destroy other aspects of our economy, the job market, immigration and amnesty.