Whether you're an unpublished novelist or a sixteen-time New York Times bestselling author, you can always improve your craft. You can always become a better writer.

Fall was slipping quietly into winter

The walls were down, the only thing I could do was rebuild.

... a certain kind of wanderlust can only be assuaged by the acts of the body itself in motion, not the motion of the car, boat, or plane.

He had no idea how to deal with the staggering amount of grief he felt, so he looked to the sun and blinded himself with its light.

I don't think there's a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I'll be happy to deal with it.

I'm always angry. I wake up angry. There is a lot to be angry about. Anger is a positive energy.

It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.

My parents just always taught me to be reasonable.

There is never a right or wrong time to have kids; it happens for whatever reason, but you can have this paranoia: 'will I be able to do this, I'm not sure if I'm ready to have kids?'

You disappoint yourself more often by not doing things because of cowardice and temerity than you ever did by doing things that turn out to be wrong.

I mean somebody with the wit and the guts to go and do and create. And, that I believe is what education is all about

Wise men don't judge: they seek to understand.