But now, I am addicted to the peace and calm of being alone. There is something so soothing about solitude that I have no urgent wish to give it up and connect with people.

My loneliness is a choice, not a situation.

Nico’s anger turned as cold and dark as his blade. He’d been morphed into a few plants himself, and he didn’t appreciate it. He hated people like Bryce Lawrence, who inflicted pain just for fun.

I knew then that I wanted to go home, but I had no home to go to--and that is what adventures are all about.

Three out of every one hundred people set goals. Even fewer write them down… You can be someone who does have goals—A Goal Getter!

If envy were a fever all the world would be ill.

To me, 'beauty' means to be natural, creative, honest - to say the truth.

A winner is just a loser who tried one more time.

Sometimes the mind, for reasons we don't necessarily understand, just decides to go to the store for a quart of milk.

for my own purpose, I defined the art of fiction as experience illuminated.

If I've learned anything in this business, it's that you have to be fearless.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.