time stood still. I fell into that beloved space that writers fall into, the reason most write, as it's better than drugs or alcohol ... a high without hangover, an affair without pain.

If we flaunt our wealth, we make enemies of people who have only their inner strength to get them through. And those are the people I want on my side.

The only way two ever live more cheaply than one is if one of them gives up what he or she wants.

If you take action while you are mad, you will always make the wrong decision.

One's first book kiss home run is always the best.

I don't like it when people don't know the difference between their, they're, there.

When you spend your life doing what you love to do, you are nourishing your Soul. It matters not what you do, only that you love whatever you happen to do.

The twelve months... Snowy, Flowy, Blowy, Showery, Flowery, Bowery, Hoppy, Croppy, Droppy, Breeze, Sneezy, Freezy.

Any story worth telling is worth exaggerating.

Maybe if I prayed to Miss Marple, she’d hook me up with a clue

If we are going to be wise, spiritual people prepared to meet the crises of our age, we must be a studying, learning community that values the life of the mind

You might be a redneck if your beer can collection is considered a tourist attraction in your home town.

My idea of a meal, if I was hungry, was to open a bag of potato chips.