I'm of the ilk of writers that feels you have to be open to the inspiration.

Say what you wanna say and let the words fall out honestly.

Jump start my kaleidoscope heart, Love to watch the colors fade, They may not make sense, But they sure as hell made me.

True bravery is being exactly who you are, imperfections included. Vulnerability is the most precious gift you can give.

Show me how big your brave is.

Late night writing is also good, too, but in New York, you've got neighbors. I try to be a good neighbor.

Love is blind, but when we close our eyes, we see with our hearts.

I'm happy to be working with all women.

Compare where you are to where you want to be, and you'll get nowhere

It'd be a shame to stop now that I've started to make really good mistakes

If you take your fear and mash it into something that's actually useful, then it doesn't feel like it wins.

However ordinary each of us may seem, we are all in some way special, and can do things that are extraordinary, perhaps until then…even thought impossible.

People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.

Hate and envy are like a bomb that cannot destroy anything without first destroying itself.

Youth cannot imagine romance apart from youth.

If I lived a billion years more, in my body or yours, there's not a single experience on Earth that could ever be as good as being dead. Nothing.

Oklahoma is the cultural center of the universe.

Personally, one of the most helpful things I learned was three-act structure. For my first four or so novels, I built the structure intuitively.

Nuclear arms and atomic power represent a technology in which coexistence with man is extremely difficult.

If you are wholly perplexed and in straits, have patience, for patience is the key to joy.

The THINGS that COUNT most IN LIFE ARE the THINGS that CAN'T BE COUNTED.