He had been granted his life's wish-but conditionally.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

A long apprenticeship is the most logical way to success. The only alternative is overnight stardom, but I can't give you a formula for that.

the medicine wheel is inside of you it not in a pile of stones the medicine wheel is inside the heart and body

My dogs have been the reason I have woken up every single day of my life with a smile on my face.

Ah, cariad, finally I have you to myself, with a bed behind me, and what do I do?

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

No religion knows the truth. Only he or she who lives it knows.

The whole arrangement of my picture is expressive. The place occupied by the figures or objects, the empty spaces around them, the proportions, everything plays a part.

Never argue when you're winning.

Study carefully the law of cause and effect.

Sometimes honesty can be incredibly messy