Every story must have such a terrible moment, or it wouldn't be interesting.

And?” I crossed my arms over my chest. I almost tapped my foot waiting for him to answer, but caught myself and held my foot still. That would have been weird—way too much like my mother. ~Milayna

I am what I am... but for the first time in my life, I'm sorry for it.

When I go out, I love steak and caviar.

If you have a clear idea of a soul, you will have a clear idea of a form; for it is of the same genus, though a different species.

A novelist should make you realize nothing is stable. If you don't believe anything with robustness, you're doing something more radical than anything else.

Life is going by. Don't waste a minute being negative, offended, or bitter. Choose to be happy.

In all my travels the thing that has impressed me the most is the universal brotherhood of man-what there is of it.

I've always got songs ready to go. It's not a challenge to conjure anything, it's just whether the music I supply is desirable.

What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.

Prince didn't want to sound like Michael Jackson. Neither of them wanted to sound like Luther Vandross. They didn't want to sound like David Bowie. They were all different, but brilliant.