Bring on the controversy. I write real life. It's harsh and sometimes gritty, but it's real. Why should we tip toe around that?

...ending a book with a sequel in such a way that the reader still has faith in the characters and in the writer. That's finesse.

I've learned to let my characters speak and act the way they want to! I've tried to interfere but they just get angry at me and throw big rocks.

What's cheaper than a gallon of gas? An ebook. Save a dollar, stay home and read!

It's about quality, not quantity. It's about the memories, the bond, the love. It's about the heart.

The voices in my head wouldn't shut up, so I let them write their story.

I wish I could read my books over for the first time to see what you guys see.

For writers, handing a manuscript off to an editor is like walking into a parole hearing. You’ve done the time but wonder if it’s going to satisfy the judge.

History is a symptom of our disease

Enlightenment is something that you've been resisting to happen. It’s not something you have to struggle to make happen. The key is not to get in the way! Just allow it occur.

Be content with what you are and wish not change not dread your last day not long for it.

It's a dangerous thing to be married right up to the hilt, like my daughter's husband. The man is at home all day, like a damned soul in hell.

If someone comes along, gonna give you some love and affection, I say get it while you can.

If you ask a hundred people, they all give you different answers.

He wiped away the tears, tenderly, and I forgot to weep as he told me silently everything I always wanted to hear.

Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life.

Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.