A lot of my writing is basically about observation, and things that I've seen, either through personal experiences or the experiences of people around me, or society at large.

We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings.

Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent they then become the power of the storm.

I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing it's understanding of being human.

Protect your spirit, because you are in the place where spirits get eaten.

Don't trust anyone who isn't angry.

Everything that has ever happened to us is there to make us stronger.

It’s like there is this predator energy on this planet, and this predator energy feeds on the essence of the spirit.

We're all human beings and we all have feelings. And we all live in this industrial meat grinder where we don't really understand love anymore.

The thing is, it has to do with heart - we have to understand what hearts are for before we can get back to heaven or paradise or the power in our minds.

Sometimes when it rains, it's not that simple, when the sky has reasons to cry.

Death, with funereal shades in vain surrounds me, My reason through his darkness seeth light: 'Tis the last step which brings me close to Thee: 'Tis the veil falling, 'twixt Thy face and mine.

Beware of feedback from friends whose judgments could be tainted by feelings of envy or the need to flatter.

I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me.

Suffering borne in the will quietly and patiently is a continual, very powerful prayer before God.

Don't look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you.

I am about to die, and that is the hour in which men are gifted with prophetic power.

When the lightning strikes but one, not one only does it terrify.

The schedule is really crazy and the fans are sometimes kind of crazy, but other than that it's been - it's been cool.

... an era of turmoil and ideological confusion, the principal phenomenon of the present age.

The turning point, I think, was when I really realized that you can do it yourself. That you have to believe in you because sometimes that's the only person that does believe in your success but you.