The nicest notes I've received from readers are those that tell me I've gotten them back into reading for entertainment. For me, there is no greater compliment.

I do think Austin is a great town for writers; we have a lot of them here. But I grew up in Austin, and so I didn't move here because it was a creative mecca; I was just lucky to live here.

If it's broken, it can be fixed.

Criminals are dumb as stumps. If they were smart they could go be investment bankers. Or judges.

Read heavily in the area where you want to write. Be aware of what's selling and what's doing well but don't try to write to market trends; they are fleeting.

I want to be a writer you can always depend on for a good read during your vacation, during your flight, during a time in your life when you want to forget the world around you.

There is a time on every job where you say, screw caution. I'm not foolhardy. I'm not stupid. But sometimes you have to be the battering ram.

It’s your call. You want to go back home, go ahead. But if I were you, I wouldn’t. Home is death.

I'd spent five minutes looking at Twitter once and felt I'd wandered into a poker game where everyone immediately displayed their hands against the cool green of the felt.

Emma, okay, enough with the singing. Mommy's getting a three-pill headache.

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I sing a beautiful song quietly in my heart.

Wherever you're coaching or playing right now is the Big Time

The onset of bayonets in the hands of the valiant is irresistible.

I think in society and especially in movies and media we're fed this idea that there's the one or the right person. I think it brings great ambiguity and confusion for people.

Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with.

As a public interest lawyer, your fund of injustice will never be empty.

People think there is something wrong with Mike(Milbury). But there's method in his madness.

you have the right to live a beautiful life

Enjoying life is far superior to being graded on your performance in life.

Greatness is not found in possessions, power, position, or prestige. It is discovered in goodness, humility, service, and character.