I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.

There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

To be successfull you need friends and to be very successfull you need enemies.

A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.

Nothing lasts forever

Poverty is possible in every society because someone refused to speak out.

Can a rose survive in winter?

That's your response to everything: drink?" "No, that's my response to nothing.

Nothing is more beautiful than the sound of the guitar.

Inaction saps the vigor of the mind.

Be able to suffer wearing a necktie or slightly high heels for an entire evening without complaint or early removal.

Really? What did you cost me again? I ask. A lot of trouble. Don't worry. You'll get it all back,he says.

With goals you can create the future in advance.

I've forgotten more about national security than George W. Bush will ever learn.