I still try to make the "next" book my "best" book. I want to grip and move you in unexpected ways.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Only bad writers think they're good.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

Esther so badly wanted to save her father, to bring him back from the half death that had become his life. Every time he reminded her that he couldn’t be saved, Esther’s heart broke a little more.

The wish to gain complete possession of somebody is expressed most plainly by jealousy. Jealousy is never a sign of love. It only indicates fear of not being able to hold another person.

Presenting a rational argument to a person who has forsaken the use of reason is like asking a vegetarian to eat a cheeseburger.

Writing is more about telling other peoples' stories than your own

Those who deserve love the least need it the most.

I was fascinated by a compelling character embroiled in a controversial topic that told the story from a different point of view.

What's a punk band? Hey, who's got a beer?

When you think about your heritage, you think about toughness and hard work.

Actually we're very lucky John McCain is not in charge because I think we would be in perpetual war.

I was born February 20, 1937 in Munchen as the first child of Sebastian and Helene Huber.