A new year was a chance to start over. Maybe even, just maybe, there would be a peace on earth for one entire day.

God, middle age is an unending insult.

Makes you grow up quick. Hard work makes you strong. I work hard every day; that's where I get my strength. That and knowing who I am.

And if you want to know why great editors scare the pants off of writers everywhere, read 'Eats, Shoots and Leaves' by Lynne Truss. The punctuation police are everywhere!

Books were my passion and my escape from madness.

Isn’t it amazing how much good people can do for each other when you give them the opportunity to help?

Anyway, stories bring us together to find common ground, to find our way through life together, or just to entertain us, and I am just thrilled to be a part of that process.

That's what I wanted for myself for even just a little while-to be unaware of the rest of the world. I needed some time.

As authentic as it is riveting and ultimately unforgettable. Your past will find you-and it can change your life. I think it's the most soulful book Patti Callahan has ever written.

I think I've learned that if you want to be successful, you have to tell your story honestly and from your heart - and I think a healthy sense of humor doesn't hurt either.

The first indication of menopause is a broken thermostat. It's either that or your weight. In any case, if you don't do something, you could be dead by August. God, middle age is an unending insult.

Our perceptions are influenced by our surroundings.

--he stopped and eyed Bill Corso--"if you choose to just sit here like a bored jungle gorilla, you will have to write out this quote as many times as you can during the next hour.

Writings are thoughts in a defined moment.

There are only two things that are absolute realities love and knowledge and you can't escape them.

Battling evil, cruelty, and injustice allows us to retain our identity, a sense of meaning, and ultimately our freedom.

An uncle gave me a side drum and my mother decided I should have lessons.

Perfect nonviolence is difficult. It admits to no weakness.

I have no boss but my conscience.

All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance.

I am far from perfect, but I have something else. I heard that people in the industry are longing for more personality and diversity. Perhaps I am more a 'character' than a model.