When I teach writing, I have a mantra: Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.

" ... What if?" Through the alchemy of those two words, something new comes into the world.

His name was Rambo, and he was just some nothing kid for all anybody knew, standing by the pump of a gas station at the outskirts of Madison, Kentucky.

One generation's idea of fast pace might be different from a later generation's.

A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth.

There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them.

As long as thriller authors teach us about our world, they'll be relevant.

Your obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. … The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one else could have written.

At their best, thrillers not only entertain. Ideally they also reflect the society in which they are set, analyzing our fears and how we perceive the world.

A thriller must be thrilling. A mystery may or may not be a thriller depending on how much breathless emotion it has, as opposed to cerebral calculation.

People who know various movie versions don't really know the story.

In order to answer the question “Where am I going?” you must possess decisiveness

When someone says you can't, look at where they are sitting. Perhaps they meant they can't.

To be filled with bliss and harmony on earth is a reflection of heaven order

as long as I can still dream, I will dream of you.

Man is a dog's ideal of what God should be.

The reason people lose their healing, is because they begin questioning if God really did it.

People don't come to stadiums only to see results. They come to see a reaction, they want to see we are also human, that we can cry or laugh.

Pack your bags, we're going on a guilt trip!

Things would get difficult again. But that was okay too. The bravery was in moving forward, no matter what.

I'll start by saying that "Fifty Shades of Grey:" It's like I don't have. an elicit confused relationship to my sexuality. So I don't need a book like that.