When I am writing, I'm very much on the ground, on the same ground my characters are treading.

The real art is not to come up with extraordinary clever words but to make ordinary simple words do extraordinary things. To use the language that we all use and to make amazing things occur.

Happiness quells thought. And work quells thought.

Literature is the voice of the human heart.

People die when curiosity goes.

I can do hieroglyphics in the margin. There are days when I really enjoy the flow of ink. I mean, nice pen, ink straight on to the page.

What we wish upon the future is very often the image of some lost, imagined past.

When anything goes digital, let alone something as immaterial as a book, there is a tendency to see it as just in the air to be taken, and to lose the sense that somebody once made it.

I like the world we've got. If there is anything special and magical, I have to find it in the ordinary stuff.

Possibly he knew, as he wrote this, that he was mad - because inside every madman sits a little sane man saying 'You're mad, you're mad.'

I share my name with an aerobatic bird that can whiz across a whole summer sky in seconds. A swift is so equipped for speed that it can scarcely cope with being stationary.

Going through life regretting your past decisions is like being a repeat offender in jail. You never break free because you won't allow your mentality to move on".~Demia AveryThe Roadblock is You

The Saviour is the Son of God.

The fourth gift is Compassion. May you be gentle with yourself and others. May you forgive those who hurt you and yourself when you make mistakes.

When you learn a Bruce Springsteen song, it's like learning to ride a bike. You don't forget it.

Coco is the greatest part of my life. I love everything about being a mom, but our talks and walks on the beach are my favorite moments.

My only scheme was to be a rapper.

May I be given the appropriate difficulties so that my heart can truly open with compassion. Imagine asking for that.

The powers of the federal government ... result from the compact to which the states are parties, [and are] limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact.

There are definitely Dark Forces out there that none of us fully understand. People fear what they don't understand, and lash out against it

The only winner today is big business.