The power of the delete key.

Me to Comma: I will never get use to you wanting to butt your way into my sentences -- even if you're right.

Three words for a writer: Make me care.

As I drove out the wrought iron gates I had entered, I noticed for the first time how intricate and beautiful they were. They were forged by hand so many years ago and had stood the test of time.

It’s a great day to write a best-seller.

Grammar, you're the pickiest noun I know.

I love Edit. He gives me tons of second chances to make things just right between us.

I wear the writer pants in the family.

Do you remember the time, Mike, ” Jeremy laughed, “that you put a banana down your pants and walked up to the Palma-nator. It looked like you had one hell of a hard-on.

Writers see the world differently. Every voice we hear, every face we see, every hand we touch could become story fabric.

The best kind of day is a writing day

I want you here. I don't care if it's a hundred degrees and every blade of grass dies. Without you, none of that matters to me.

Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times.

I'm grateful for my lines of wisdom. Of course, there are days when I think: 'Oh my gawd, I look a bit tired.' But I can pull it together if I have to.

A government is not an old pair of socks that you throw away.

A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.

If he betrays you, I will finish what I started with his fingers," he said, and I shivered. "Tell him that.

because talent alone doesn't make an artist

In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy.

Peace is our passion.

Acceptance is the spiritual hammock.