The boundary between philosophy and fiction is not as clear cut as you may think and the two definitely interact.

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.

When your ship comes in, don't be in the bathroom with your pants around your ankles." quoted by Frank McNichols, father of Rose McNichols in A Nose for Hanky Panky, a Granite Cove Mystery

Sometimes there were troubles but no one can be a hero without the heart being torn open.

The sober devil can hide his cloven hoof; but when the devil drinks he loses his cunning and grows honest.

I couldn't live if I wasn't a designer.

Books + friendship = book club

I am a man that has a lot of respect for faith and spirituality. I think it is important that we talk about religion in today's world.

I'm definitely post-something.

There are varied experiences of overweight women throughout the country; theres not just one experience.

A woman can do anything a man can do today and then some. She can even have a child without a man.

The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily.